Intelligence Theory

<p>This edited volume brings together a range of essays by individuals who are centrally involved in the debate about the role and utility of theory in intelligence studies. </p><p>The volume includes both classic essays and new articles that critically analyse some key issues: strategic intelligence, the place of international relations theory, theories of ‘surprise’ and ‘failure’, organisational issues, and contributions from studies of policing and democratisation. It concludes with a chapter that summarises theoretical developments, and maps out an agenda for future research. This volume will be at the forefront of the theoretical debate and will become a key reference point for future research in the area.</p><p>This book will be of much interest for students of Intelligence Studies, Security Studies and Politics/International Relations in general.</p> <p>Introduction <em>Peter Gill, Stephen Marrin, and Mark Phythian</em> 1. An Historical Theory of Intelligence <em>David Kahn</em> 2. Intelligence as Risk Shifting <em>Michael Warner</em> 3. Sketches for a Theory of Strategic Intelligence <em>Loch K. Johnson </em>4. Intelligence Theory and Theories of International Relations: Shared world or separate worlds? <em>Mark Phythian </em>5. Theory of Surprise <em>James Wirtz </em>6. Analysis, War, and Decision: Why intelligence failures are inevitable <em>Richard Betts </em>7. Intelligence in a Turbulent World: Insights from organization theory <em>Glenn Hastedt and B. Douglas Skelley </em>8. Intelligence Analysis and Decision-Making: Methodological challenges <em>Stephen Marrin </em>9. Defending Adaptive Realism: Intelligence theory comes of age <em>Jennifer Sims </em>10. Policing, Intelligence Theory and the New Human Security Paradigm: Some lessons from the field <em>James Sheptycki </em>11. Theory and Intelligence Reconsidered <em>Philip H. J. Davies </em>12. Theories of Intelligence: Where are we, where should we go and how might we proceed? <em>Peter Gill</em></p>