Handbook of warning intelligence [[electronic resource] ] : assessing the threat to national security / / Cynthia Grabo, Jan Goldman

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910458862203321
• Autore: Grabo Cynthia M
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Lanham, MD, : Scarecrow Press, 2010
• ISBN: 1-282-52180-2; 9786612521805; 0-8108-7095-9
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (327 p.)
• Collana: Scarecrow professional intelligence education series ; ; no. 12
• Altri autori (Persone): GoldmanJan
• Disciplina: 327.1273
• Soggetti: Intelligence service - Methodology; Intelligence service - United States - Methodology; Intelligence service - United States - History - 20th century; Cold War; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Foreword; Author's Note to Original Edition; Chapter 1. General Nature of the Problem; Chapter 2. Definitions of Terms and Their Usage; Chapter 3. What Warning Is and Is Not; Chapter 4. Warning and Collection; Chapter 5. Intentions versus Capabilities; Chapter 6. Problems of Organization and Management; Chapter 7. Indicator Lists; Chapter 8. The Compiling of Indications; Chapter 9. Can Computers Help?; Chapter 10. Some Fundamentals of Indications Analysis; Chapter 11. Some Specifics of the Analytical Method; Chapter 12. What Makes a Good Warning Analyst?; Chapter 13. Importance of Military IndicationsChapter 14. Order-of-Battle Analysis in Crisis Situations; Chapter 15. Analysis of Mobilization; Chapter 16. Logistics Is the Queen of Battles; Chapter 17. Other Factors in Combat Preparations; Chapter 18. Coping with Extraordinary Military Developments; Chapter 19. Importance of Political Factors for Warning; Chapter 20. Basic Political Warning-A Problem of Perception; Chapter 21. Some Specific Factors in Political Warning; Chapter 22. Economic Indicators; Chapter 23. Civil Defense; Chapter 24. Security, Counter-Intelligence and Agent PreparationsChapter 25. Warning from the Totality of Evidence; Chapter 26. The Impact on Warning of Circumstances Leading to War; Chapter 27. Reconstructing the Enemy's Decision-Making Process; Chapter 28. Assessing the Timing of Attack; Chapter 29. Deception: Can We Cope with It?; About the Author
• Sommario/riassunto: Handbook of Warning Intelligence: Assessing the Threat to National Security was written during the Cold War and classified for 40 years, this manual is now available to scholars and practitioners interested in both history and intelligence. Cynthia Grabo, author of the abridged version, Anticipating Surprise: Analysis for Strategic Warning, goes into detail on the fundamentals of intelligence analysis and forecasting. The book discusses the problems of military analysis, problems