Research Catalog

Title

Vaults, mirrors, and masks : rediscovering U.S. counterintelligence / Jennifer E. Sims and Burton Gerber, editors.

Publication

Washington, D.C. : Georgetown University Press, c2009.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Sims, Jennifer E.
• Gerber, Burton
• Georgetown University. Center for Peace and Security Studies.

Description

x, 310 p. : ill.; 26 cm.

Summary

"Decision makers matching wits with an adversary want intelligence -- good, relevant information to help them win. Intelligence can gain these advantages through directed research and analysis, agile collection, and the timely use of guile and theft. Counterintelligence is the art and practice of defeating these endeavors ... In one indispensable volume, top practitioners and scholars in the field explain the importance of counterintelligence today and explore the causes of -- and practical solutions for -- U.S. counterintelligence weaknesses. These experts stress the importance of developing a sound strategic vision in order to improve U.S. counterintelligence and emphasize the challenges posed by technological change, confused purposes, political culture, and bureaucratic rigidity."--Page 4 of cover.

Alternative Title

Vaults, mirrors, & masks

Subject

Intelligence service > United States

Note

• "In cooperation with the Center for Peace and Security Studies and the George T. Kalaris Memorial Fund, Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University."

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Democracies and counterintelligence : the enduring challenge / Jennifer E. Sims -- Twenty-first-century counterintelligence : the theoretical basis for reform / Jennifer E. Sims -- Counterintelligence : the American experience / John Fox Jr. and Michael Warner -- Intelligence, counterintelligence, perception, and deception / Robert Jervis -- Counterintelligence and U.S. strategic culture / Austin K. Yamada -- A time for counterespionage / Robert Wallace -- Defense counterintelligence, reconceptualized / Vincent H. Bridgeman -- Counterintelligence and law enforcement / Kathleen L. Kiernan -- Counterintelligence : too narrowly practiced / James R. Gosler -- Economic and industrial espionage : who is eating America's lunch, and how do we stop it? / Harvey Rishikof -- Private-sector counterintelligence strategies / principals for consideration / Rodney Faraon -- A federal approach to domestic intelligence / Timothy R. Sample -- Counterintelligence, counterterrorism, civil liberties, and the domestic intelligence controversy / Richard A. Posner -- The way ahead / Jennifer E. Sims and Burton Gerber.

ISBN

• 9781589012677 (pbk. : alk. paper)
• 1589012674 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

^^2008030356

OCLC

• 233813782
• SCSB-12124490

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library