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Intelligence Analysis: A Target-Centric Approach by Robert M. Clark CQ Press, (3rd Edition), 2010, 339 pages ISBN: 978-1-60426-543-9
The author begins this work by commenting on two intelligence failures-the terrorist attack of September 11, 201 1 and the U.S. led invasion of Iraq in March of 2003. Each event understandably led to more inquiries into the American intelligence community in terms of how to do a better job.
This book is not for the average person interested in intelligence activity but more for the professional intelligence analyst. Although there is much factual data in the work, it is more concerned with advocating a particular approach (target-centric) to be used by those involved in the intelligence process, which differs from other intelligence gathering approaches. For example, many intelligence communities are organized hierarchically and often...