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Intelligence Collection: How to Plan and Execute Intelligence Collection in Complex Environments (Praeger Security International)
Author: Wayne Michael Hall and Gary Citrenbaum

ISBN-10: 0313398178
ISBN-13: 978-0313398179

Book Type: Hardcover
Pages: 505 pages
Publisher: Praeger
Publication Date: June 2012

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    Just as the old rules of conventional warfare and intelligence analysis do not apply fully in the 21st-century environment, neither does the traditional methodology of collecting intelligence on these elusive, adapting foes operating as complex adaptive systems (CAS)—adversaries that excel in today’s complex contexts.

    Intelligence Collection: How To Plan and Execute Intelligence Collection In Complex EnvironmentS≪/i> proposes substantive improvements in the way the U.S. national security system collects intelligence and supports intelligence analysis. The work draws on the groundbreaking work of a diverge group of theorists ranging from Carl von Clausewitz and Sun Tzu to M. Mitchell Waldrop, General David Petraeus, and Orson Scott Card, communicating a unifying theory and ontology of thought for how America’s intelligence collection professionals must learn to collect data as our country faces elusive, determined, and smart adversaries in nonlinear, dynamic environments. The new ideas presented will help the nation’s intelligence collection specialists to amass a formidable, cumulative intelligence power, regardless of the level of war or the type of operational environment.

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    “Collection management – the alignment of limited intelligence resources against the potentially unconstrained universe of information requirements – remains more art than science, despite numerous technical capabilities available to managers. Hall and Citrenbaum’s book significantly shifts this ratio. Intelligence Collection provides the intellectual foundation defining collection management for both intelligence professionals and consumers; advancing a well-thought-out methodology with potential for making intelligence collection a de facto weapon system, capable of frustrating an adversary’s intentions.”
    Christopher Jackson, Chief, ISR Integration Division; U.S. Atlantic Command/U.S. Joint Forces Command

    Intelligence Analysis: How to Think in Complex Environments

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    Intelligence Analysis: How to Think in Complex Environments (Praeger Security International)
    Author: Wayne Michael Hall

    ISBN-10: 0313382654
    ISBN-13: 978-0313382659

    Publication Date: December 2009
    Book Type: Hardcover
    Pages: 440 pages
    Publisher: Praeger

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    Book Description
    Intelligence Analysis: How to Think in Complex EnvironmentS≪/i> fills a void in the existing literature on contemporary warfare by examining the theoretical and conceptual foundations of effective modern intelligence analysis—the type of analysis needed to support military operations in modern, complex operational environments. This volume is an expert guide for rethinking intelligence analysis and understanding the true nature of the operational environment, adversaries, and most importantly, the populace.

    Intelligence AnalysiS≪/i> proposes substantive improvements in the way the U.S. national security system interprets intelligence, drawing on the groundbreaking work of theorists ranging from Carl von Clauswitz and Sun Tzu to M. Mitchell Waldrop, General David Petraeus, Richards Heuer, Jr., Orson Scott Card, and others. The new ideas presented here will help the nation to amass a formidable, cumulative intelligence power, with distinct advantages over any and all adversaries of the future regardless of the level of war or type of operational environment.

    Reviews
    “This is a brilliant work by the most brilliant intelligence professional the US Army ever produced. Too bad his career terminated at Brigadier General. In this book he continues to contribute to the intellectual improvement of professional thought in a major way. If there has been a failing in the military art in recent years it has been the failure to draw the distinction between what is merely very complicated and that which is complex. In the former the difficulty is establishing, assembling and organizing the facts. And those facts reveal the inner logic of the situation. In the latter the difficulty is establishing what facts belong, and which don’t. And how you choose determines the logic of the situation. This book is about how to choose wisely. I recommend it to all who take the profession of arms seriously.”

    Huba Wass de Czege, Brigadier General, US Army, Retired, Founder and Former Director of the US Army School of Advanced Military Studies, Former Military Advisor to Secretary General of NATO, Manfred Werner, and Consultant to the US Army for Future Concepts

    Stray Voltage: War in the Information Age

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    Stray Voltage: War in the Information Age
    Author: Wayne Michael Hall

    ISBN-10: 1591143500
    ISBN-13: 978-1591143505

    Book Type: Hardcover
    Pages: 272 pages
    Publisher: US Naval Institute Press
    Publication Date: December 2003
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    Enemies of America who have no hope of competing with conventional U.S. military forces, Wayne Michael Hall warns in the opening pages of this timely book, will instead seize upon the strategies, tactics, and tools of asymmetric warfare to win future conflicts. A retired brigadier general in the U.S. Army with thirty years of experience in intelligence, Hall has written the book primarily for the military community and civilians interested in or responsible for homeland security. He explains the notion of knowledge warfare as our adversaries’ principal asymmetric strategy and information operations as their tactic du jour, and then offers a wealth of ideas on how to deal aggressively with these threats in the twenty-first century.
    Along with knowledge war and information operations, the book discusses deception, information superiority, and knowledge management. It also recommends ways for the country to prepare for knowledge war through merging the country’s brainpower and technology in Knowledge Advantage centers, developing a joint information-operations proving ground where leaders train their staffs in a cyber-world environment, and developing an internet replicator to prepare for conflict in cyberspace. The book is published in cooperation with the Association of the U.S. Army. 272 pages. Notes. Index. Hardcover. 6 x 9 inches.

    Reviews
    “…a commendable job…produces flinches (and fear) about tomorrow’s reality.” — Parameters, Spring 2004

    “…an interesting and stimulating study.” — Australian Army Journal, Winter 2004

    “On time and on target, Stray Voltage provides a clear, compelling call for action.” — ARMY Magazine, September 2003

    “This book is at once prophetic and immediately practical.” — Naval Intelligence Professionals Quarterly, Summer 2003