Why Spy? : : Espionage in an age of Uncertainty
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Introduction -- The seven motivations for espionage -- Espionage vs. intelligence: how the U.S. goes about spying -- Ideological commitment -- Money and treasure -- Revenge and score-settling -- Spying for sex, intimidation, and blackmail -- Spying for reasons of friendship and ethnic or religious solidarity -- The spy game for the sake of the game -- America's spying competence today -- Intelligence failures and politicization -- CIA in transition: 1991 to the present -- Intelligence reform -- Spying in the twenty-first century -- Actionable intelligence and the role of law enforcement, the military, and technology -- Foreign liaison services and spying lawfully -- Updating operational and analytical tradecraft -- Why spy? Should we do it? -- A spy for the twenty-first century -- Conclusion: can we make espionage work in the twenty-first century?
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PUBLISHED
New York : Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press, 2008.
Year Published: 2008
Description: 212 p.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9780312356040
0312356048
SUBJECTS
Central Intelligence Agency.
Intelligence service.
Espionage.