Analyzing Intelligence, now in a revised and extensively updated second edition, assesses the profession of intelligence analysis from the practitioner's point of view. The contributors - most of whom have held senior positions in the US intelligence community - review the evolution of the field and how it is changing to deal with 21st-century national security problems. New chapters highlight advances in structured analytic techniques, military and domestic intelligence analysis, and training and professional development. Written for national security practitioners, students, and scholars, Analyzing Intelligence is essential reading for anyone seeking an understanding of the role and performance of analysis in US intelligence. -- from back cover.

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Intelligence analysis, what it is -- and what does it take? / James B. Bruce and Roger Z. George --The evolution of intelligence analysis in the US intelligence community / John H. Hedley -- The track record of CIA analysis / Richard J. Kerr and Michael Warner -- Is intelligence analysis a discipline? / Rebecca Fisher, Rob Johnston, and Peter Clement -- Serving the national policymaker / John McLaughlin -- The policymaker's perspective : transparency and partnership / James B. Steinberg -- Serving the senior military consumer : a national agency perspective / John Kringen -- Why bad things happen to good analysts / Jack Davis -- Making analysis more reliable : why epistemology matters to intelligence / James B. Bruce -- The missing link : the analyst-collector relationship / James B. Bruce -- The art of strategy and intelligence / Roger Z. George -- Foreign denial and deception : analytic imperatives / James B. Bruce and Michael Bennett -- Warning in an age of uncertainty / Roger Z. George and James J. Wirtz -- Structured analytic techniques : a new approach to analysis / Randolph H. Pherson and Richards J. Heuer Jr. -- New analytic techniques for tactical military intelligence / Vincent Stewart, Drew Cukor, Joseph Larson III, and Matthew Pottinger -- Domestic intelligence analysis / Maureen Baginski -- Building a community of analysts / Thomas Fingar -- The education and training of intelligence analysts / Mark M. Lowenthal -- Analytic outreach : pathway to expertise building and professionalization / Susan H. Nelson.