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Keeping Us Safe: Secret Intelligence and Homeland Security

(Hardback)


Publishing Details

Full Title:

Keeping Us Safe: Secret Intelligence and Homeland Security

Contributors:

By (Author) Arthur S. Hulnick

ISBN:

9780275981501

Publisher:

Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Imprint:

Praeger Publishers Inc

Publication Date:

30th August 2004

Country:

United States

Classifications

Readership:

General

Fiction/Non-fiction:

Non Fiction

Other Subjects:

Military intelligence

Dewey:

327.1273

Physical Properties

Physical Format:

Hardback

Number of Pages:

264

Description

How can democracies guard against a clever unknown enemy while still preserving the freedoms they seek to defend Hulnick explains the need to revamp U.S. intelligence operations from a system focused on a single Cold War enemy to one offering more a flexible approach in combating as range of threats, including terrorists, spies, and criminals, such as those responsible for the 9/11 attacks. Offering possible solutions not to be found in the U.S. federal commission's official report, Hulnick's groundbreaking work examines what is really necessary to make intelligence and homeland security more efficient and competent, both in the U.S. and abroad. The U.S. government's progress in establishing a system for homeland security is considerable, yet, besides shifts in alert status, most people are unaware of the work being done to keep them safe. Describing the system already in place, Hulnick adds further ideas about what more is needed to protect Americans in the ever-changing world of intelligence. To create a truly valuable program, we should consider not only new strategies and tactics, but also the need to break down the barriers between intelligence agencies and law enforcement.

Reviews

"Art Hulnick is one of the most thoughtful writers and reformers with a focus on the U.S. intelligence community. In this book on intelligence reform, he brings together his insider's experience as a former CIA officer and his more recent years of teaching and research to examine key proposals for improving the performance of the CIA and America's other secret agencies. One does not have to agree with each of his conclusions to note that this is an outstanding guide to the key issues. It ought to be read by anyone interested in trying to avoid more intelligence failures like those associated with the 9/11 attacks and the search for weapons of mass destruction in Iraq."-Loch K. Johnson Regents Professor of Public and International Affairs University of Georgia
"Hulnick has expertly combined his nearly five decades of professional experience as an intelligence officer and university professor to comment thoughtfully and succinctly on U.S. Intelligence Community issues of major importance, this time in the interest of protecting America's domestic security in the dangerous, perplexing, and controversial post-9/11 era."-Richard R. Valcourt Editor-in-Chief International Journal of Intelligence and CounterIntelligence
[H]ulnick presents a synthesis of what many insiders and outsiders have been promoting for the last two years, such as improving communication between specific intelligence agencies and general law enforcement entities; restructuring the intelligence organization of the government; and balancing and continuing US freedoms with antithetical laws to fight terrorism. Hulnick is one of the rare authors who incorporates spies and espionage into the importance of homeland security. This alone separates the book from others. Recommended. General readers and lower-division undergraduate collections.-Choice
[O]ffer[s] a useful and generally dispasionate overview of the American intelligence community as it pertains to homeland security.-49th Parallel
The U.S. government's progress in establishing homeland security processes has been considerable, but more work is needed and more adjustment of systems: Hulnick shows just where work should be revised to create a valuable program with new strategies and tactics.-MBR Internet Bookwatch/Library Bookwatch
This book is for all Americans who want to be more informed about homeland security and who want to learn how all intelligence agencies could operate more efficiently and competently.-Library Media Connection
"Hulnick presents a synthesis of what many insiders and outsiders have been promoting for the last two years, such as improving communication between specific intelligence agencies and general law enforcement entities; restructuring the intelligence organization of the government; and balancing and continuing US freedoms with antithetical laws to fight terrorism. Hulnick is one of the rare authors who incorporates spies and espionage into the importance of homeland security. This alone separates the book from others. Recommended. General readers and lower-division undergraduate collections."-Choice
"Offers a useful and generally dispasionate overview of the American intelligence community as it pertains to homeland security."-49th Parallel
"[O]ffer[s] a useful and generally dispasionate overview of the American intelligence community as it pertains to homeland security."-49th Parallel
"The U.S. government's progress in establishing homeland security processes has been considerable, but more work is needed and more adjustment of systems: Hulnick shows just where work should be revised to create a valuable program with new strategies and tactics."-MBR Internet Bookwatch/Library Bookwatch
"This book is for all Americans who want to be more informed about homeland security and who want to learn how all intelligence agencies could operate more efficiently and competently."-Library Media Connection
"[H]ulnick presents a synthesis of what many insiders and outsiders have been promoting for the last two years, such as improving communication between specific intelligence agencies and general law enforcement entities; restructuring the intelligence organization of the government; and balancing and continuing US freedoms with antithetical laws to fight terrorism. Hulnick is one of the rare authors who incorporates spies and espionage into the importance of homeland security. This alone separates the book from others. Recommended. General readers and lower-division undergraduate collections."-Choice

Author Bio

Arthur S. Hulnick is a thirty-five-year veteran in the intelligence profession, including seven years as an Air Force Intelligence Officer and twenty-eight years in various assignments in the Central Intelligence Agency.

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