Foreword
Summary
The Evolution of U.S. Intelligence
Antecedents of the Modern U.S. Intelligence Community
The National Security Apparatus
The Age of Smith and Dulles
Intelligence and an Activist Foreign Policy
The Great Intelligence Investigation
Politicized Intelligence
A "Restored" Intelligence Community
Intelligence in the Post-Cold War World
Observations
The Anatomy of U.S. Intelligence
Central Coordination and Management
Intelligence Agencies and Components
Oversight Bodies
Observations
Notes
Index
A welcome and timely update of one of the most concise and objective guides to the history and structure of U.S. intelligence. Representative Dave McCurdy Chairman, Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence U.S. House of Representatives
MARK M. LOWENTHAL is the senior specialist in U.S. foreign policy at the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. From 1985 to 1989, he served in the State Department's Bureau of Intelligence and Research, first as director of the Office of Strategic Forces Analysis and then as deputy assistant secretary for functional analysis. Prior to that he was a specialist in national defense at CRS and also served as head of CRS's Defense/Arms Control and Europe/Middle East/Africa sections. His publications include Leadership and Indecision: American War Planning and Policy Proccess, 1937-1942, as well as numerous articles and congressional studies on national security issues.
"Mark Lowenthal has done a service for all who are interested in
U.S. intelligence. His book provides a helpful compendium of
information on the development of the postwar U.S. intelligence
community--information that many will find useful to have in one
document of quite manageable length."- George A. Carver, Jr. John
M. Olin Senior Fellow former Deputy to the Director of Central
Intelligence
"This is a welcome and timely update of one of the most concise and
objective guides to the history and structure of U.S. intelligence.
Mark Lowenthal's book offers useful perspective on, and context
for, how the intelligence community has developed and what have
been the long-standing issues--many of which remain pertinent as we
reshape intelligence to serve us in the post-cold war world."-Rep.
Dave McCurdy Chairman, Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence
U.S. House of Representatives
?The book is clear and concise with extensive footnotes that
provide sources for further study of specific issues or
events.?-Reviews and Things Cryptologic
"The book is clear and concise with extensive footnotes that
provide sources for further study of specific issues or
events."-Reviews and Things Cryptologic
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