Research Guides: Intelligence & Analysis: Books

eBooks

These are examples and more titles can be found by searching in U-Search or our eBook databases.

Cryptography, Information Theory, and Error-Correction: A Handbook for the 21st Century (2nd edition) by Aiden A. Bruen; Mario A. Forcinito; James M. McQuillan
Publication date: 2021
Examines the issues of identity theft, cybercrime, and other security issues in the context of disciplines like cryptography, information theory, and error-correction.
Cybercrime and Cybersecurity by Paul A. Watters
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This book provides a comprehensive introduction to cybersecurity, including common threats, risk management, the different aspects of cybersecurity, and the role of people in cybersecurity.
Intelligence And The State: Analysts And Decision Makers by Jonathan Mallory House
Publication date: 2022
Explores the relationship between the community tasked to research and assess intelligence and the national decision makers it serves.
Intelligent Security Systems: How Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning and Data Science Work For and Against Computer Security by Leon Reznik
Publication date: 2022
Distinguished professor and computer scientist Dr. Leon Reznik delivers an expert synthesis of artificial intelligence, machine learning and data science techniques, applied to computer security to assist readers in hardening their computer systems against threats.
The Military Intelligence Community by Gerald W. Hopple; Bruce W. Watson
Publication date: 2024
An exhaustive study of all facets of the intelligence profession, this book treats military intelligence as the process of collecting, analyzing, and disseminating information for use by commanders and policymakers.
National Security Intelligence by Loch K. Johnson
Publication date: 2017
Leading intelligence expert Loch K. Johnson uses his forty years of experience to discuss the three primary missions of intelligence: information collection and analysis, counterintelligence, and covert action.

Print Books

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The Assault on Intelligence: American National Security in an Age of Lies by Michael V. Hayden
Location: Second Floor Stacks | Call Number: JK468.I6 H388 2018
The American intelligence community is at risk because our democracy's core structures, processes, and attitudes are under great stress. This book discusses the fundamental changes in the world, how crippled we've become in our capacity to address them, and points toward a series of effective responses.
Strategic Warning Intelligence: History, Challenges, and Prospects by John A. Gentry; Joseph S. Gordon
Location: Second Floor Stacks | Call Number: JF1525.I6 G46 2019
This book explains and examines strategic warnings, the process of long-range analysis to alert senior leaders to trending threats and opportunities that require action.
Location: Second Floor Stacks
Call Number: JF1525.I6 G46 2019
Why Intelligence Fails: lessons from the Iranian Revolution and the Iraq War by Robert Jervis
Location: Second Floor Stacks | Call Number: JK468.I6 J48 2010
The author examines the politics and psychology of two of the more spectacular intelligence failures in recent memory: the mistaken belief that the regime of the Shah in Iran was secure and stable in 1978, and the claim that Iraq had active WMD programs in 2002.

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