Introduction to Intelligence Studies (third edition) provides an overview of the US intelligence community, to include its history, organization, and function.
Since the attacks of 9/11, the United States Intelligence Community (IC) has undergone an extensive overhaul. This textbook provides a comprehensive overview of intelligence and security issues, defining critical terms and reviewing the history of intelligence as practiced in the United States. Designed in a practical sequence, the book begins with the basics of intelligence, progresses through its history, describes best practices, and explores the way the intelligence community looks and operates today. The authors examine the "pillars" of the American intelligence system-collection, analysis, counterintelligence, and covert operations-and demonstrate how these work together to provide "decision advantage." The book offers equal treatment to the functions of the intelligence world-balancing coverage on intell
