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| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Hulnick, Arthur S., 1935- Fixing the spy machine. Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 1999 (OCoLC)607391047 Online version: Hulnick, Arthur S., 1935- Fixing the spy machine. Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 1999 (OCoLC)607846690 |
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| Material Type: | Internet resource |
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Arthur S Hulnick |
| ISBN: | 0275966526 9780275966522 0275966534 9780275966539 |
| OCLC Number: | 41612491 |
| Description: | xxi, 222 p. ; 25 cm. |
| Contents: | Foreword / Richard R. Valcourt -- Is the Spy Machine Broken? -- Stealing the Secrets -- Puzzles and Mysteries -- Secret Operations -- Catching the Enemy's Spies -- Stopping the Bad Guys -- Managing and Controlling Secret Intelligence -- Spying for Profit -- Secret Intelligence and the Public -- Fixing the Spy Machine. |
| Responsibility: | Arthur S. Hulnick ; foreword by Richard R. Valcourt. |
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"Art Hulnick has succeeded where many others fail by summarizing decades of experience inside the U.S. intelligence community with today's students of intelligence in mind. In this lively review of enduring intelligence issues, he identifies the core problems created by the presence of secret organizations in American democracy. Fixing the Spy Machine also explains how the communication revolution is changing the way intelligence agaencies do business and the steps needed to bring U.S. intelligence into the information age. Students will enjoy the way Hulnick describes the nuts and bolts of the U.S. intelligence community, while experts will appreciate the way he describes how organizational cultures hampter innovation and performance. If you ever wanted to learn about the day-to-day issues that confront intelligence professionals, Fixing the Spy Machine is the book for you."-James J. Wirtz Associate Professor of National Security Affairs Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California and author of The Tet Offensive: Intelligence Failure in War Read more...
