Thomas quiggin (10 Ergebnisse)

Paperback. Zustand: Good.

Paperback. Zustand: Good.

Paperback. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 284 pages. 10.87x8.50x0.94 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 218 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.55 inches. In Stock.

Soft cover. Zustand: Near Fine. 284 pages in near fine condition. Pages are clean and unmarked. Green and red card covers with white and black titles. Lightly worn around the edges. NF/- - Size: 8 1/2 x 11. Book.

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. illustrated edition. 246 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.50 inches. In Stock.

Softcover. Zustand: Fine. Used - very good+. Paperback. 2007 edition from World Scientific. Internally pristine—bright, white, and appears unread with an uncreased spine. Exterior is Very Good; showing a slight compression/crush to the bottom right corner of the rear board and a minor edge-dent to the back cover. A very sharp, crisp copy of this scarce intelligence study. Ships from the USA. Intelligence is critical to ensuring national security, especially with asymmetric threats making up most of the new challenges. Knowledge, rather than power, is the only weapon that can prevail in a complex and uncertain environment awash with asymmetric threats, some known, many currently unknown. This book shows how such a changing national security environment has had profound implications for the strategic intelligence requirements of states in the 21st century.The book shows up the fallacy underlying the age-old assumption that intelligence agencies must do a better job of connecting the dots and avoiding future failures. It argues that this cannot and will not happen for a variety of reasons. Instead of seeking to predict discrete future events, the strategic intelligence community must focus rather on risk-based anticipatory warnings concerning the nature and impact of a range of potential threats. In this respect, the book argues for a full and creative exploitation of technology to support - but not supplant - the work of the strategic intelligence community, and illustrates this ideal with reference to Singapore's path-breaking Risk Assessment and Horizon Scanning (RAHS) program.…