Fixing the spy machine : preparing American intelligence for the twenty-first century / Arthur S. Hulnick ; foreword by Richard R. Valcourt

Author: Hulnick, Arthur S., 1935-
Published: Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 1999.
Physical Description: 1 online resource (xxi, 222 pages)

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Contents

Foreword; Acknowledgments; Acronyms; 1 Is the Spy Machine Broken?; 2 Stealing the Secrets; 3 Puzzles and Mysteries; 4 Secret Operations; 5 Catching the Enemy's Spies; 6 Stopping the Bad Guys; 7 Managing and Controlling Secret Intelligence; 8 Spying for Profit; 9 Secret Intelligence and the Public; 10 Fixing the Spy Machine; Bibliography; Index

Summary

With the end of the Cold War and the dawning of a new century, the U.S. intelligence system faces new challenges and threats. The system has suffered from penetration by foreign agents, cutbacks in resources, serious errors in judgment, and what appears to be bad management; nonetheless, it remains one of the key elements of America's strategic defense. Hulnick suggests that things are not as bad as they seem, that America's intelligence system is reasonably well prepared to deal with the many threats to national security. He examines the various functions of intelligence from intelligence gat.

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9780313390302 (electronic bk.)
0313390304 (electronic bk.)
0313003173 (electronic bk.)
9780313003172 (electronic bk.)
0275966526
9780275966522
0275966526 (alk. paper)
0275966534 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
9780275966522 (alk. paper)
9780275966539 (pbk. ; alk. paper)

Bibliography Note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-215) and index.

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