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Intelligence services form an important but controversial part of the modern state. Drawing mainly on British and American examples, this book provides an analytic framework for understanding the "intelligence community" and assessing its value. Michael Herman, a former senior British Intelligence officer, describes the various components of intelligence; discusses what intelligence is for; considers issues of accuracy, evaluation and efficiency; and makes recommendations for the future of intelligence in the post-Cold War world.
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  1. ISBN-10
    0521566363
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    978-0521566360
  3. Edition
    1st
  4. Publisher
    Cambridge University Press
  5. Publication date
    October 13, 1996
  6. Language
    English
  7. Dimensions
    5.99 x 0.99 x 9.02 inches
  8. Print length
    438 pages
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  • Retired Reader
    5.0 out of 5 stars Basic Intelligence Production
    Reviewed in the United States on December 31, 2007
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    This is arguably the best book available on the essentials of intelligence production. It provides a basic, but accurate, description of intelligence production from collection through dissemination. Herman, not surprisingly, is especially competent in his explanation of intelligence collection and processing. Almost alone among writers on intelligence issues he notes the distinctions between single source, open source, and all source intelligence. He also provides an excellent description of the real intelligence cycle and the true relationship between customer requirements and collection planning and execution. This alone is worth the price of the book. Further the basics of intelligence that he presents in this book remain constant regardless of changing targets, priorities, and technical advances. For these reasons this book would make an excellent text book and ought to be the first book read by anyone seriously interested in the business of intelligence. For intelligence professionals, yes this is a very basic book, but in point of fact it clarifies and elaborates on many issues that are far too often taken for granted or discounted even though they are vital to intelligence processes.

    Good as it is the book has one serious flaw. It is extremely weak on its discussion of intelligence analysis, a considerably more complex process than Herman seems to believe. In such an otherwise outstanding book this is odd, but understandable. One would suspect that Herman's career with GCHQ (UK SIGINT Service) was on the technical not analytic side of the work. Still this book provides an outstanding introduction to the arcane business of intelligence production and a good deal to think about for those already immersed in art and craft of intelligence. It is well worth its rather steep price.
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  • Ann H.
    5.0 out of 5 stars Excellently written from a professional in the business for a ...
    Reviewed in the United States on December 28, 2014
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    Excellently written from a professional in the business for a lifetime; for anyone who wants to understand the basic concepts of the intelligence business and the purposes of such critical work for governments and their citizens as well as stability in the world.
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  • LeaNder
    5.0 out of 5 stars Danke
    Reviewed in Germany on January 26, 2016
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    Leider derzeit noch auf meinem Stapel, gleichwohl angelesen. Empfehlung eines Freundes.
    Werde ich jetzt hier zu Produktrezensionen genötigt, wenn ich einfach danke sagen will?
    No good idea.
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  • Brek S.
    5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 4, 2015
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    Great book on intelligence.
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  • 侏儒
    4.0 out of 5 stars 翻訳を望む
    Reviewed in Japan on March 1, 2013
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    　インテリジェンス関係の勉強をしようとする人間の必読書として上る著作。昨今、ようやく日本でもインテリジェンスという分野が、キワモノ扱いではなく、まっとうな学問分野として認められ始めていますが、まだまだ一般社会に普及しているとまでは言い難いのが現状です（まともにインテリジェンス関係を扱っている大学は日本には殆ど存在しません。これは軍事学もそうですが…）。こういった社会の認知度の低さや、この分野の専門家の数の少なさに押されて、アングロサクソン系の有名な文献となれば10年も経たない内に翻訳されることが多い日本の翻訳業界の中で、未だにこの著作は翻訳されていません。しかしこの著作、専門用語が多い英語という言語の特性も手伝って、まず研究者（または余程英語に熟達した人）以外読みこなせません。また、社会科学的な理論を重視するアメリカ系のインテリジェンス研究書と違って、歴史的アプローチを重視するイギリス系のインテリジェンス研究書なので、近代から現代にいたるヨーロッパの歴史に関する知識をある程度持っていないと殆ど本の内容をfollowingできません（勿論、「そんなの常識だよ」という人は構わないのですが）。また語学が得意でなくても、最近は大学関係者でない一般の方の中に、こういった「難い研究書」に取り組む勉強熱心な方が結構おられますので、是非そういった方のためにも、いち早い翻訳を望みます（ちなみに、もっと初歩的な本としては、ちくま書房から出ている小谷賢氏の『インテリジェンス』がお勧めです）。
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  • baldboy4
    4.0 out of 5 stars A good read.
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 17, 2013
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    A very good read, gets the mind working. A good book from Michael Herman. A good learning tool, worth reading
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