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" Fixing the spy machine : "
Arthur S. Hulnick ; foreword by Richard R. Valcourt.
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BL
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966138
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b720508
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Hulnick, Arthur S.,1935-
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Fixing the spy machine : : preparing American intelligence for the twenty-first century /\ Arthur S. Hulnick ; foreword by Richard R. Valcourt.
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Westport, Conn. :: Praeger,, 1999.
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1 online resource (xxi, 222 pages)
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0275966526
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: 0313003173
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0275966526
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0275966534
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9780275966522
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9780275966539
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-215) and index.
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| Contents
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Foreword; Acknowledgments; Acronyms; 1 Is the Spy Machine Broken?; 2 Stealing the Secrets; 3 Puzzles and Mysteries; 4 Secret Operations; 5 Catching the Enemy's Spies; 6 Stopping the Bad Guys; 7 Managing and Controlling Secret Intelligence; 8 Spying for Profit; 9 Secret Intelligence and the Public; 10 Fixing the Spy Machine; Bibliography; Index
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With the end of the Cold War and the dawning of a new century, the U.S. intelligence system faces new challenges and threats. The system has suffered from penetration by foreign agents, cutbacks in resources, serious errors in judgment, and what appears to be bad management; nonetheless, it remains one of the key elements of America's strategic defense. Hulnick suggests that things are not as bad as they seem, that America's intelligence system is reasonably well prepared to deal with the many threats to national security. He examines the various functions of intelligence from intelligence gat.
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Intelligence service-- United States.
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Intelligence service.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Political Freedom Security-- Intelligence.
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TRUE CRIME-- Espionage.
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Geheimdienst.
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United States.
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USA.
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| Dewey Classification
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327.1273
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JK468.I6H85 1999eb
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