Intelligence in the National Security Enterprise: An Introduction

by Roger Z. George

Overview

This textbook introduces students to the critical role of the US intelligence community within the wider national security decision-making and political process. Intelligence in the National Security Enterprise defines what intelligence is and what intelligence agencies do, but the emphasis is on showing how intelligence serves the policymaker. Roger Z. George draws on his thirty-year CIA career and more than a decade of teaching at both the undergraduate and graduate level to reveal the real world of intelligence. Intelligence support is examined from a variety of perspectives to include providing strategic intelligence, warning, daily tactical support to policy actions as well as covert action. The book includes useful features for students and instructors such as excerpts and links to primary-source documents, suggestions for further reading, and a glossary.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781626167438
Publisher:	Georgetown University Press
Publication date:	02/03/2020
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	344
Sales rank:	508,844
Product dimensions:	6.80(w) x 9.90(h) x 0.70(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Roger Z. George has taught intelligence and national security subjects at the US National War College, Occidental College, Pepperdine University, and Georgetown University. He had a thirty-year career as an analyst for the CIA, and he also served on the policy-planning staffs of the Department of State and Department of Defense. He is a coeditor of both Analyzing Intelligence and The National Security Enterprise.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations ix

Acknowledgments xi

List of Abbreviations xiii

1 How to Use This Book 1

2 What Is Intelligence? 7

3 What Is the National Security Enterprise? 25

4 What Is the Intelligence Community? 52

5 From Intelligence Cycle to Policy Support 84

6 Strategic Intelligence 111

7 The Challenges of Warning 145

8 Intelligence Support as Policy Enabler 174

9 Covert Action as Policy Support 205

10 The Challenges of the Intelligence-Policy Relationship 234

11 Intelligence and American Democracy 265

Glossary: intelligence Terms 295

Index 313

About the Author 328

What People are Saying About This

Barry R. Posen

Roger George has written a comprehensive and user-friendly guide to the US intelligence community, what it does, how it does it, and . . . how it connects to the larger . . . national security enterprise. The book is equally useful as a general overview to US intelligence-policy relations, a textbook for aspiring intelligence officers, and a general reference for national security scholars. . . . The book is a remarkable achievement.

Dan E. Caldwell

An outstanding introduction to the US intelligence community. . . . Concerned citizens, students of foreign policy, and current or prospective intelligence analysts will find great value in this book.

Dan Caldwell

Dr. Roger George, a thirty-year veteran intelligence officer and more recently a professor of national security affairs, has written an outstanding introduction to the U.S. intelligence community. The book describes the history, decision-making, recent controversies, and organizations of this vital sector of the American national security enterprise. Concerned citizens, students of foreign policy, and current or prospective intelligence analysts will find great value in this book. Highly recommended.

Philip Zelikow

A thorough, clear, and well-organized introduction to the roles and the issues of the American intelligence establishment. It is an excellent foundation that can help orient the uninitiated to . . . [a] vital part of American government.

Richard K. Betts

George’s fine book reflects the ideal combination of expertise for introducing students to a complex subject: decades of personal experience at all levels in the US intelligence establishment and foreign policy arena, acute academic analysis, and refreshingly readable writing.

Editorial Reviews

This excellent textbook discusses the range of roles and functions of the intelligence community in contributing to U.S. foreign policy in what is termed the U.S. national security enterprise (NSE).

Perspectives on Terrorism

Expertly written, organized and presented.

Midwest Book Review

[Intelligence and the National Security Enterprise] explores how intelligence contributes and sometimes fails to contribute to the policymaking process.

International Journal of Intelligence and CounterIntelligence

[A] finely crafted introduction to intelligence

[Intelligence and the National Security Enterprise] explores how intelligence contributes and sometimes fails to contribute to the policymaking process.

Expertly written, organized and presented.

Retired senior CIA analyst and former national intelligence officer, intelligence scholar, and professor Roger George has written a very credible textbook introduction to US intelligence, focused on how it relates to national-level decision-making.

Roger Z. George draws on his thirty-year CIA career and more than a decade of teaching at both the undergraduate and graduate level to reveal the real world of intelligence.

Students needing an overview of the institutions, functions, and goals of the US intelligence community will be very well served by George's clear, thorough explanations of what intelligence is and how it is used to inform policy.

This excellent textbook discusses the range of roles and functions of the intelligence community in contributing to U.S. foreign policy in what is termed the U.S. national security enterprise (NSE).

From the Publisher

A thorough, clear, and well-organized introduction to the roles and the issues of the American intelligence establishment.It is an excellent foundation that can help orient the uninitiated to . . . [a] vital part of American government.

Philip Zelikow

George’s fine book reflects the ideal combination of expertise for introducing students to a complex subject: decades of personal experience at all levels in the US intelligence establishment and foreign policy arena, acute academic analysis, and refreshingly readable writing.

Richard K. Betts

An outstanding introduction to the US intelligence community. . . . Concerned citizens, students of foreign policy, and current or prospective intelligence analysts will find great value in this book.

Dan E. Caldwell

Roger George has written a comprehensive anduser-friendly guide to the US intelligence community, what it does, how it does it, and . . . how it connects to the larger . . . national security enterprise. The book is equally useful as a general overview to US intelligence-policy relations, a textbook for aspiring intelligence officers, and a general reference for national security scholars. . . . The book is a remarkable achievement.

Barry R. Posen

Roger Z. George draws on his thirty-year CIA career and more than a decade of teaching at both the undergraduate and graduate level to reveal the real world of intelligence.

AFIO Intelligencer

Retired senior CIA analyst and former national intelligence officer, intelligence scholar, and professor Roger George has written a very credible textbook introduction to US intelligence, focused on how it relates to national-level decision-making.

Intelligence and National Security

Students needing an overview of the institutions, functions, and goals of the US intelligence community will be very well served by George's clear, thorough explanations of what intelligence is and how it is used to inform policy.

Choice

[A] finely crafted introduction to intelligence

International Journal of Intelligence & Counterintelligence

Dr. Roger George, a thirty-year veteran intelligence officer and more recently a professor of national security affairs, has written an outstanding introduction to the U.S. intelligence community. The book describes the history, decision-making, recent controversies, and organizations of this vital sector of the American national security enterprise. Concerned citizens, students of foreign policy, and current or prospective intelligence analysts will find great value in this book. Highly recommended.

Dan Caldwell