Strategic Intelligence for American World Policy
Intelligence work is in some ways like a newspaper or newsmagazine, in some like a business, in some like the research activity of a university; very little of it involves cloaks and daggers. All of it is important to national survival, and should be understood by the citizens of a democracy.

In this remarkable book, an able scholar, experienced in foreign intelligence, analyzes all of these varied aspects of what is known as "high-level foreign positive intelligence." Illustrations are drawn from that branch, but the lessons apply to all intelligence, and in fact to all those phases of business, of journalism, and (most importantly) of scholarship, where the problem is to learn what has happened or will happen.

Originally published in 1966.

The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

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Strategic Intelligence for American World Policy
Intelligence work is in some ways like a newspaper or newsmagazine, in some like a business, in some like the research activity of a university; very little of it involves cloaks and daggers. All of it is important to national survival, and should be understood by the citizens of a democracy.

In this remarkable book, an able scholar, experienced in foreign intelligence, analyzes all of these varied aspects of what is known as "high-level foreign positive intelligence." Illustrations are drawn from that branch, but the lessons apply to all intelligence, and in fact to all those phases of business, of journalism, and (most importantly) of scholarship, where the problem is to learn what has happened or will happen.

Originally published in 1966.

The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

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Strategic Intelligence for American World Policy

Strategic Intelligence for American World Policy

by Sherman Kent
Strategic Intelligence for American World Policy

Strategic Intelligence for American World Policy

by Sherman Kent

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Intelligence work is in some ways like a newspaper or newsmagazine, in some like a business, in some like the research activity of a university; very little of it involves cloaks and daggers. All of it is important to national survival, and should be understood by the citizens of a democracy.

In this remarkable book, an able scholar, experienced in foreign intelligence, analyzes all of these varied aspects of what is known as "high-level foreign positive intelligence." Illustrations are drawn from that branch, but the lessons apply to all intelligence, and in fact to all those phases of business, of journalism, and (most importantly) of scholarship, where the problem is to learn what has happened or will happen.

Originally published in 1966.

The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780691624044
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Publication date: 12/08/2015
Series: Princeton Legacy Library , #2377
Edition description: New Edition
Pages: 256
Product dimensions: 5.00(w) x 7.90(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Sherman Kent (1903–1986) was a professor of history at Yale University who pioneered the methods of intelligence analysis in World War II and during the Cold War with the Central Intelligence Agency. His books include The Election of 1827 in France and Electoral Procedure under Louis Philippe.

Table of Contents

  • Frontmatter, pg. i
  • Preface, pg. vii
  • Note to Second Printing, pg. xii
  • Preface 1966, pg. xiii
  • Chapter 1. Intelligence is Knowledge, pg. 3
  • Chapter 2. Substantive Content: (1) The Basic Descriptive Element, pg. 11
  • Chapter 3. Substantive Content: (2) The Current Reportorial Element, pg. 30
  • Chapter 4. Substantive Content: (3) The Speculative - Evaluative Element, pg. 39
  • Chapter 5. Intelligence is Organization, pg. 69
  • Chapter 6. Central Intelligence, pg. 78
  • Chapter 7. Departmental Intelligence, pg. 104
  • Chapter 8. Departmental Intelligence Organization: Ten Lessons from Experience, pg. 116
  • Chapter 9. Intelligence is Activity, pg. 151
  • Chapter 10. Special Problems of Method in Intelligence Work, pg. 159
  • Chapter 11. Producers and Consumers of Intelligence, pg. 180
  • Appendix. Kinds of Intelligence, pg. 209
  • Index, pg. 221



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“Sherman Kent . . . brings thorough scholarship and practical experience to the consideration of a subject of primary importance to those charged with the responsibility for the foreign policy and security of this country and of vital concern to the rest of us who would suffer the awful consequences of their failure.”New York Times

“Required reading. . . . [Kent] has gone further than any other writer to describe and to examine critically the Intelligence method as wartime experience taught us it should be practised.”Saturday Review

“[Strategic Intelligence for American World Policy] deals not with the policy issues themselves but with the problems which must be resolved if policy-makers are to make informed decisions. . . . A stimulating book.”Political Science Quarterly

“A clear and closely reasoned analysis of the organization and functions of a modern high-level strategic intelligence service.”South Atlantic Quarterly

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