Description: FREE SHIPPING UK WIDE Intelligence in the National Security Enterprise by Roger Z. George This textbook introduces students to the critical role of the US intelligence community within the wider national security decision-making and political process. Intelligence in the National Security Enterprise defines what intelligence is and what intelligence agencies do, but the emphasis is on showing how intelligence serves the policymaker. Roger Z. George draws on his thirty-year CIA career and more than a decade of teaching at both the undergraduate and graduate level to reveal the real world of intelligence. Intelligence support is examined from a variety of perspectives to include providing strategic intelligence, warning, daily tactical support to policy actions as well as covert action. The book includes useful features for students and instructors such as excerpts and links to primary-source documents, suggestions for further reading, and a glossary. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Back Cover Intelligence Studies / National Security This textbook introduces students to the critical role of the US intelligence community within the wider national security decision-making and political processes. Intelligence in the National Security Enterprise defines what intelligence is and what intelligence agencies do, but its emphasis is on showing how intelligence serves the policymaker. Roger Z. George examines intelligence support from a variety of angles including strategic intelligence, warning, daily tactical support, and covert action. The book includes useful features for students and instructors such as excerpts from primary sources, suggestions for further reading, and a glossary. "Roger George has written a comprehensive and user-friendly guide to the US intelligence community, what it does, how it does it, and most important of all, how it connects to the larger national security enterprise. The book is equally useful as a general overview to US intelligence-policy relations, a textbook for aspiring intelligence officers, and a general reference for national security scholars. . . . The book is a remarkable achievement." -- Barry R. Posen, Ford International Professor of Political Science, Security Studies Program, Massachusetts Institute of Technology "Georges fine book reflects the ideal combination of expertise for introducing students to a complex subject: decades of personal experience at all levels in the US intelligence establishment and foreign policy arena, acute academic analysis, and refreshingly readable writing."-- Richard K. Betts, director of the Saltzman Institute of War and Peace Studies, Columbia University "An outstanding introduction to the US intelligence community. . . . Concerned citizens, students of foreign policy, and current or prospective intelligence analysts will find great value in this book."-- Dan E. Caldwell, distinguished professor of political science, Pepperdine University "A thorough, clear, and well-organized introduction to the roles and the issues of the American intelligence establishment. It is an excellent foundation that can help orient the uninitiated to . . . [a] vital part of American government."-- Philip Zelikow, White Burkett Miller Professor of History and J. Wilson Newman Professor of Governance, University of Virginia Roger Z. George has taught intelligence and national security subjects at the US National War College, Occidental College, Pepperdine University, and Georgetown University. He had a thirty-year career as an analyst for the CIA, and he also served on the policy-planning staffs of the Department of State and Department of Defense. He is a coeditor of both Analyzing Intelligence and The National Security Enterprise . Author Biography Roger Z. George has taught intelligence and national security subjects at the US National War College, Occidental College, Pepperdine University, and Georgetown University. He had a thirty-year career as an analyst for the CIA, and he also served on the policy-planning staffs of the Department of State and Department of Defense. He is a coeditor of both Analyzing Intelligence and The National Security Enterprise. Table of Contents 1. How to Use This Book2. What Is Intelligence?3. What Is the National Security Enterprise?4. What Is the Intelligence Community?5. From Intelligence Cycle to Policy Support6. Strategic Intelligence7. The Challenges of Warning8. Intelligence Support as Policy Enabler9. Covert Action as Policy Support10. The Challenges of the Intelligence-Policy Relationship11. Intelligence and American DemocracyGlossary: Intelligence TermsIndexAbout the Author Review Roger Z. George draws on his thirty-year CIA career and more than a decade of teaching at both the undergraduate and graduate level to reveal the real world of intelligence. * AFIO Intelligencer *Expertly written, organized and presented. * Midwest Book Review *Students needing an overview of the institutions, functions, and goals of the US intelligence community will be very well served by Georges clear, thorough explanations of what intelligence is and how it is used to inform policy. * Choice *[Intelligence and the National Security Enterprise] explores how intelligence contributes and sometimes fails to contribute to the policymaking process. * International Journal of Intelligence and CounterIntelligence *[A] finely crafted introduction to intelligence * International Journal of Intelligence & Counterintelligence *This excellent textbook discusses the range of roles and functions of the intelligence community in contributing to U.S. foreign policy in what is termed the U.S. national security enterprise (NSE). * Perspectives on Terrorism *Retired senior CIA analyst and former national intelligence officer, intelligence scholar, and professor Roger George has written a very credible textbook introduction to US intelligence, focused on how it relates to national-level decision-making. * Intelligence and National Security * Promotional "[A] finely crafted introduction to intelligence" Long Description This textbook introduces students to the critical role of the US intelligence community within the wider national security decision-making and political process. Intelligence in the National Security Enterprise defines what intelligence is and what intelligence agencies do, but the emphasis is on showing how intelligence serves the policymaker. Roger Z. George draws on his thirty-year CIA career and more than a decade of teaching at both the undergraduate and graduate level to reveal the real world of intelligence. Intelligence support is examined from a variety of perspectives to include providing strategic intelligence, warning, daily tactical support to policy actions as well as covert action. The book includes useful features for students and instructors such as excerpts and links to primary-source documents, suggestions for further reading, and a glossary. Review Quote Roger Georges fine book reflects the ideal combination of expertise for introducing students to a complex subject: decades of personal experience at all levels in the U.S. intelligence establishment and foreign policy arena, acute academic analysis, and refreshingly readable writing. Details ISBN1626167435 Author Roger Z. George Pages 344 Publisher Georgetown University Press Year 2020 ISBN-10 1626167435 ISBN-13 9781626167438 Format Paperback Publication Date 2020-02-03 Imprint Georgetown University Press Subtitle An Introduction Place of Publication Washington, DC Country of Publication United States DEWEY 327.1273 Short Title Intelligence in the National Security Enterprise Language English UK Release Date 2020-02-03 NZ Release Date 2020-02-03 US Release Date 2020-02-03 Illustrations 10 Figures Alternative 9781626167421 Audience Tertiary & Higher Education AU Release Date 2020-03-26 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. 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ISBN-13: 9781626167438
Book Title: Intelligence in the National Security Enterprise
Item Height: 254 mm
Item Width: 178 mm
Author: Roger Z. George
Publication Name: Intelligence in the National Security Enterprise: an Introduction
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Georgetown University Press
Subject: Government
Publication Year: 2020
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 590 g
Number of Pages: 344 Pages
