Reducing Uncertainty: Intelligence Analysis and National Security

Thomas Fingar

ISBN 10: 0804775931 / ISBN 13: 9780804775939

Published by Stanford University Press, 2011

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Reducing Uncertainty: Intelligence Analysis and National Security
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0804775931
• ISBN 13: 9780804775939
• Binding: Hardback
• Condition: Good
• Weight: 999 grams

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Synopsis

This book describes what Intelligence Community (IC) analysts do, how they do it, and how they are affected by the political context that shapes, uses, and sometimes abuses their output. It is written by a 25-year intelligence professional.

About the Author

Thomas Fingar is the Oksenberg/Rohlen Distinguished Fellow in the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies at Stanford University. From May 2005 through December 2008 he served as the first Deputy Director of National Intelligence for Analysis and, concurrently, as Chairman of the National Intelligence Council. He served previously as Assistant Secretary of the State Department's Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary (2001-2003), Deputy Assistant Secretary for Analysis (1994-2000), Director of the Office of Analysis for East Asia and the Pacific (1989-1994), and Chief of the China Division (1986-1989).