Abram N. Shulsky was a senior fellow at the National Strategy Information Center in Washington when he wrote Silent Warfare. He currently serves in the Office of the Secretary of Defense. Gary J. Schmitt was also a senior fellow at the National Strategy Information Center while preparing the second edition of this book. He has served as executive director of the President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board and as minority staff director of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence.
“Easy to read and understand.”—Library Journal
“Silent Warfare is the ideal primer on intelligence. It offers not
only a comprehensive introduction to the subject, but an analysis
of intelligence that exposes the flaws in the conventional wisdom
of the intelligence community. A superbly balanced work.”—Elliott
A. Cohen, professor and director of strategic studies, School of
Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University
“Contains many insights. . . . Well worth reading.”—Ray S. Cline,
former deputy director of the CIA
“The best place for the general reader to start learning about the
real world of intelligence work.”—Robin W. Winks, author of Cloak
and Gown: Scholars in the Secret War
“A thoughtful, authoritative study of intelligence written clearly
and insightfully.”—Ronald Kessler, author of The Spy in the Russian
Club
"* "The best place for the general reader to start learning about the real world of intelligence work." - Robin W. Winks, author of Cloak & Gown: Scholars in the Secret War * "A thoughtful, authoritative study of intelligence written clearly and insightfully," -Ronald Kessler, author of The Spy in the Russian Club
Intended as a textbook to contribute to the academic study of this specialized field, this work also aims to counter some of the more alarmist and anti-intelligence books available. In eight chapters it explains the concepts, philosophies, and procedures of intelligence-gathering analysis and management. It examines how intelligence was used in various historical situations to explain a government's actions. It shows the importance of an individual's personality at every step of the process, particularly when it comes to acting on available intelligence. This easy-to-read-and-understand book should be considered by academic and large public libraries and those collections that support courses in security studies.-- Daniel K. Blewett, Loyola Univ. Lib., Chicago
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