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Studies in Intelligence eBook Series

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  • US Intelligence Failure and Knowledge Creation

    Improving Intelligence Analysis

    by Carl W. Ford, Jr., Kathleen M. Vogel ...
    Series series Studies in Intelligence
    This book examines the roots and elements of the research and knowledge-generation problems in US intelligence.The work identifies the crux of the problem as the lack of a research capability in US intelligence, which has developed over the past 40 years due to a variety of organizational decisions that prioritized current intelligence reporting and a focus on structural solutions to fix ... Read more

    Was $89.99 CAD Now $79.69 CAD

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  • The Age of Surveillance Capitalism

    The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power

    by Shoshana Zuboff ...
    **An exposé of the unprecedented form of power called “surveillance capitalism,” and the quest by powerful corporations to predict and control our behavior“Groundbreaking, magisterial, alarming.” – Financial Times**The heady optimism of the Internet’s early days has turned dark. Surveillance capitalism has deepened inequality, sown societal chaos, and undermined democracy.The fight for a human ... Read more

    $22.99 CAD

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  • Spies, Lies, and Algorithms

    The History and Future of American Intelligence

    by Amy B. Zegart ...
    A riveting account of espionage for the digital age, from one of America’s leading intelligence expertsSpying has never been more ubiquitous—or less understood. The world is drowning in spy movies, TV shows, and novels, but universities offer more courses on rock and roll than on the CIA and there are more congressional experts on powdered milk than espionage. This crisis in intelligence education ... Read more

    Was $67.09 CAD Now $25.29 CAD

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  • Predict and Surveil

    Data, Discretion, and the Future of Policing

    by Sarah Brayne ...
    The scope of criminal justice surveillance has expanded rapidly in recent decades. At the same time, the use of big data has spread across a range of fields, including finance, politics, healthcare, and marketing. While law enforcement's use of big data is hotly contested, very little is known about how the police actually use it in daily operations and with what consequences. In Predict and ... Read more

    $30.39 CAD

  • "I Have Nothing to Hide"

    And 20 Other Myths About Surveillance and Privacy

    by Heidi Boghosian ...
    Series Book 14 - Myths Made in America
    An accessible guide that breaks down the complex issues around mass surveillance and data privacy and explores the negative consequences it can have on individual citizens and their communities.No one is exempt from data mining: by owning a smartphone, or using social media or a credit card, we hand over private data to corporations and the government. We need to understand how surveillance and ... Read more

    $18.39 CAD

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  • Analyzing Intelligence

    National Security Practitioners' Perspectives, Second Edition

    by Roger Z. George, James B. Bruce, John H. Hedley, Richard J. Kerr, Michael Warner, Rebecca Fisher, Peter Clement, Barney (Rob) Johnston, John E. McLaughlin0, James B. Steinberg1, John Kringen2, Jack Davis3, Michael Bennett4, James J. Wirtz5, Randolph H. Pherson6, Richards J. Heuer Jr.7, Drew E. Cukor8, Joseph P. Larson9, Matt Pottinger0, Vincent R. Stewart1, Maureen Baginski2, Thomas Fingar3, Mark M. Lowenthal4, Susan H. Nelson5 ...
    Series series Georgetown Center for Security Studies
    Analyzing Intelligence, now in a revised and extensively updated second edition, assesses the state of the profession of intelligence analysis from the practitioner's point of view. The contributors—most of whom have held senior positions in the US intelligence community—review the evolution of the field, the rise of new challenges, pitfalls in analysis, and the lessons from new training and ... Read more

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  • The New Fire

    War, Peace, and Democracy in the Age of AI

    by Ben Buchanan, Andrew Imbrie ...
    Artificial intelligence is revolutionizing the world. Two AI policy experts reveal how democracies can come out on top—sharing cutting-edge research and insights from the intersection of AI and geopolitics.Artificial intelligence is revolutionizing the modern world. It is ubiquitous—in our homes and offices, in the present and most certainly in the future. Today, we encounter AI as our distant ... Read more

    $31.99 CAD

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  • Epistemology of Intelligence Agencies

    by Nicolae Sfetcu ...
    About the analogy between the epistemological and methodological aspects of the activity of intelligence agencies and some scientific disciplines, advocating for a more scientific approach to the process of collecting and analyzing information within the intelligence cycle. I assert that the theoretical, ontological and epistemological aspects of the activity of many intelligence agencies are ... Read more

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  • Our Biometric Future

    Facial Recognition Technology and the Culture of Surveillance

    by Kelly Gates ...
    Series Book 2 - Critical Cultural Communication
    Since the 1960s, a significant effort has been underway to program computers to “see” the human face—to develop automated systems for identifying faces and distinguishing them from one another—commonly known as Facial Recognition Technology. While computer scientists are developing FRT in order to design more intelligent and interactive machines, businesses and states agencies view the technology ... Read more

    $32.99 CAD

  • Cyber Persistence Theory

    Redefining National Security in Cyberspace

    by Michael P. Fischerkeller, Emily O. Goldman, Richard J. Harknett ...
    Series series Bridging the Gap
    A bold re-conceptualization of the fundamentals driving behavior and dynamics in cyberspace. Most cyber operations and campaigns fall short of activities that states would regard as armed conflict. In Cyber Persistence Theory, Michael P. Fischerkeller, Emily O. Goldman, and Richard J. Harknett argue that a failure to understand this strategic competitive space has led many states to misapply the ... Read more

    $37.19 CAD

  • Deter, Disrupt, or Deceive

    Assessing Cyber Conflict as an Intelligence Contest

    by Robert Chesney, Max Smeets, Joshua Rovner, Michael Warner, Jon Lindsay, Lennart Maschmeyer, Michael P. Fischerkeller, Richard J. Harknett0, Steven Loleski1, Lyu Jinghua2, Valeriy Akimenko3, Keir Giles4, Ciaran Martin5, J D. Work6, Nina A. Kollars7 ...
    A fresh perspective on statecraft in the cyber domainThe idea of “cyber war” has played a dominant role in both academic and popular discourse concerning the nature of statecraft in the cyber domain. However, this lens of war and its expectations for death and destruction may distort rather than help clarify the nature of cyber competition and conflict. Are cyber activities actually more like an ... Read more

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  • Cyber-Security and Threat Politics

    US Efforts to Secure the Information Age

    by Myriam Dunn Cavelty ...
    Series series CSS Studies in Security and International Relations
    This book explores the political process behind the construction of cyber-threats as one of the quintessential security threats of modern times in the US.Myriam Dunn Cavelty posits that cyber-threats are definable by their unsubstantiated nature. Despite this, they have been propelled to the forefront of the political agenda. Using an innovative theoretical approach, this book examines how, under ... Read more

    $94.81 CAD