Source-led reading note · Analytical thinking
How Spies Think: Ten Lessons in Intelligence
A starting point for disciplined reasoning when information is incomplete, contested or intended to mislead.
David Omand
Subject and context
An accessible guide to using intelligence-style reasoning when evidence is incomplete, contested or deliberately misleading.
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Edition details and access conditions can differ by provider and territory. Printed or digital text is useful for checking citations, names and visual evidence even when listening.
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Intelligence: From Secrets to Policy
This textbook connects intelligence collection and analysis with the policy decisions they inform.
Reading note Michael HermanIntelligence Power in Peace and War
An institutional account of intelligence as a continuing function of government, in peace as well as war.
Reading note Edited by Loch K. JohnsonThe Oxford Handbook of National Security Intelligence
The updated second edition is a broad scholarly reference covering intelligence methods, institutions, history, policy and accountability.
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