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Title: Intelligence Analysis: A Target-Centric Approach by Robert M. Clark ISBN: 1-56802-830-X Publisher: CQ Press Pub. Date: July, 2003 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $39.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.5 (2 reviews)
Rating: 2
Summary: Intelligence Analysis
Comment: I cannot recommend this book because apparently it was written in an intellectual vacuum. The author, Robert M. Clark, implies that he has developed a new method of intelligence analysis which he calls the 'target centric approach.' This implication is at best misleading. The author provides an enormous amount of detailed information on how to apply the target centric concept to various types of intelligence problems. In the course of doing this, Clark does develop some original and useful ideas especially on predictive intelligence. Unfortunately, much of the book is a running demonstration of Clark's seeming willingness to ignore what has been going on in the intelligence analyst community for the last few years.
For as long as I can remember, some intelligence analysts, though admittedly not all, have used variations of the target centric approach to conduct their analysis. Target centric analysis has never been standardized in any systematic way, but it is now widely recognized as an important methodology. This is demonstrated by the widespread efforts to acquire or build information systems specifically to assist in various kinds of target centric analysis.
For example, the current interest by the intelligence community in such commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) products as the Oracle line of relational data bases for the purpose of creating target knowledge bases. Such knowledge bases are not just repositories of information, but feature retrieval applications that perform the sort of 'network' and model building that Clark rather laborously proposes. Indeed one COTS system, an i2 Corporation development called 'Analyst Notebook' is virtually custom built for the kind of target centric analysis recommended by the book. Incidentally, 'Analyst Notebook' has proven very popular with various intelligence and law enforcement agencies all of whom appear to have already discovered the target centric approach.
The arcane subject of how to conduct intelligence analysis is vitally important to the U.S. Intelligence Community(IC). There is no doubt that current intelligence analysis in IC is badly flawed and could be vastly improved. It is a shame this book won't do much to help the situation.
Rating: 5
Summary: extremely comprehensive work on the discipline of intelligen
Comment: Robert Clark author of Intelligence Analysis, has written an extremely comprehensive work on the discipline of intelligence analysis. -Intelligence Analysis is a must read for every analyst, whether you are new to the profession, a seasoned professional, or someone who really wants to understand the analysis field. Clark provides insight into the target-centric approach and provides many useful examples as well. This book will become the premier reference on intelligence techniques and analysis for every true analyst.
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Title: Silent Warfare: Understanding the World of Intelligence by Abram N. Shulsky, Gary James Schmitt ISBN: 1574883453 Publisher: Brasseys, Inc. Pub. Date: 15 May, 2002 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: The Warning Solution : Intelligent Analysis in the Age of Information Overload by Kristan J. Wheaton ISBN: 0916159302 Publisher: AFCEA International Press Pub. Date: April, 2001 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Reshaping National Intelligence for an Age of Information by Gregory F. Treverton ISBN: 052153349X Publisher: Cambridge University Press Pub. Date: 03 March, 2003 List Price(USD): $26.00 |
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Title: Best Truth: Intelligence in the Information Age by Bruce D. Berkowitz, Allan E. Goodman, Allan Goodman ISBN: 0300093977 Publisher: Yale Univ Pr Pub. Date: 01 March, 2002 List Price(USD): $17.00 |
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Title: Applications in Criminal Analysis by Marilyn B. Peterson ISBN: 027596468X Publisher: Praeger Publishers Pub. Date: 30 September, 1998 List Price(USD): $34.95 |
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