Recommended Reading From the Pros
The following list was graciously shared by various members of IAFIE (International Association For Intelligence Education) with other members and I would like to share this valuable resource here. Some listings include comments from the recommender. I will list most of these titles in the Amazon Recommended Reading section if they are available through Amazon.com so that you can link to them directly. I apologize for any duplications, I will re-list these titles in alphabetical order in the next day or so.
Strategic Intelligence for American World Policy – Sherman Kent
Analyzing Intelligence: Origins, Obstacles, and Innovations – Roger George & Jim Bruce
Military Intelligence Blunders and Cover-ups – Col. John Hughes-Wilson
The Army’s Recce and Surveillance Handbook
Silent Warfare: Understanding the World of Intelligence, latest (think is 3rd) edition – Abe Shulsky & Gary Schmitt
The Craft of Intelligence – Allen Dulles
Intelligence in War – John Keega
Silence Was a Weapon – Stuart Herrington
Terrorism: The Newest Face of War – Donald J. Hanle
The Sling and the Stone – Col. T.X. Hammes
Water on the Brain – Compton McKenzie
Psychology of Intelligence Analysis – Richard Heuer
Front Line Intelligence – COL Robert Robb and LTC Stedman Chandler
Intelligence Wars: Lessons from Baghdad – Steve O’Hern
Intelligence: From Secrets to Policy — Mark Lowenthal
Anticipating Surprise: Analysis for Strategic Warning – Cynthia Grabo
Surprise Attack: Lessons for Defense Planning — Richard Betts
Intelligence Analysis: A Target-Centric Approach – Robert Clark
Knowing One’s Enemies: Intelligence Assessment Before the Two World Wars – Ernest R May
Inside the Aquarium – Viktor Suvorov
Every Spy a Prince – Dan Raviv, Yossi Melman
Body of Secrets – James Bamford
Intelligence 2000: Revising the Basic Elements (Peterson, Wright and Morehouse, eds., 2001; soon to be replaced by Intelligence in the 21st Century, same editors)
Applications in Criminal Analysis: A Sourcebook (Peterson 1994 and 1998)
Crime Analysis: From First Report to Final Arrest (Gottlieb, Ahrenberg and Singh 1995)
Strategic Intelligence – McDowell
Guide to Analyzing Personal and Corporate Bank Records (Peterson, 1996, 1998 and 2002)
Become a Problem Solving Crime Analyst (Clarke and Eck)
S-2 In Action, Shipley Thomas, 1940, Military Service Publishing Co.
Strange Intelligence: Memoirs of Naval Secret Service, Hector Bywater, 1931, Lowe & Brydone Printers, LTD
Military Intelligence: A New Weapon in War, Walter Sweeney, 1924, Frederick Stokes Company
The Note-Book of an Intelligence Officer, Eric Fisher Wood, 1917, George J. McLeod LTD
The Secret Corps, Capt Ferdinand Tuohy, 1920, John Murray, Albemarle St
Combat Intelligence, Col Edwin Schwein, 1936, The Infantry Journal Inc
Defending the Homeland: Domestic Intelligence, Law Enforcement, and Security, Dr Jonathan White, 2004, Wadsworth Publishing
Out of Bounds: Innovation and Change in Law Enforcement Intelligence Analysis, Deborah Osborne, 2006, DIA
Handbook of Intelligent Policing: Consilience, Crime Control, and Community Safety, Clive Harfield, 2008, Oxford University Press
Remaking Domestic Intelligence, Richard Posner, 2005, Hoover Institution Press
Keeping Us Safe: Secret Intelligence and Homeland Security, Arthur Hulnick, 2004, Praeger
Predictable Surprises: The Disasters You Should Have Seen Coming and How to Prevent Them. Boston. Harvard Business School Publications, 2004 – Max Bazerman and Michael D. Watkins
55 Steps to Becoming a Problem Solving Crime Analyst, Jill Dando Institute of Crime Science, – Ron Clark and John Eck. http://www.ucl.ac.uk/jdi/publications/other publications/55 steps.php, 2003.
Analyzing Intelligence: Origins, Obstacles, and Innovations. Washington, D.C., Georgetown University Press, 2008 – Roger Z. George and James B. Bruce
Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking. New York: Little Brown, 2005 – Malcolm Gladwell
The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference. New York: Little Brown, 2000 – Malcolm Gladwell
Anticipating Surprise: Analysis for Strategic Warning. Lanham, Maryland: University Press of America, 2004 – Cynthia M. Grabo
How Doctors Think, Boston, MA, Houghton Mifflin Company, 2007 – Jerome Groopman, MD
The Psychology of Intelligence Analysis. Reston, VA, Pherson Associates, 2007 – Richard J. Heuer, Jr.
Victims of Groupthink: A Psychological Study of Foreign Policy Decisions and Fiascos. New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1972 – Irving L. Janis
Analytic Culture in the U.S. Intelligence Community. Washington, D.C.: Center for the Study of Intelligence, CIA, 2005 – Rob Johnston
Three Weeks in October: The Manhunt for the Serial Sniper, Penguin, 2003 – Charles A. Moose and Charles Fleming
“Intelligence Led Policing: The New Intelligence Architecture.” U.S. Department of Justice/International Association of Chiefs of Police, www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/bja/210681.pdf, 2005 – Marilyn B. Peterson
The Art of the Long View. New York: Doubleday, 1996 – Peter Schwart
The Wisdom of Crowds. New York: Random House, 2004 – James Suroweicki
The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable. Random House, 2007 – Nassim Nicholas Taleb
The 9/11 Commission Report: Final Report of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States. New York: W. W. Norton, 2005.
The Commission on the Intelligence Capabilities of the United States Regarding Weapons of Mass Destruction: Report to the President of the United States (Chapter 8). www.wmd.gov. March 31, 2005.
The Intelligence Reform and terrorism Prevention Act of 2004, December 17, 2004.
Memorandum from the President for the Director of Central Intelligence: Strengthening Intelligence Community Capabilities, November 18, 2004.
The Sword and the Shield: The Mitrokhin Archive and the Secret History of the KGB. Basic Books, 1999 – Christopher Andrew and Valiliy Mitrokhin
Spy Handler: Memoir of a KGB Officer. New York: Basic Books, 2005 – Victor Cherkashin with Gregory Feifer
Confessions of a Spy: The Real Story of Aldrich Ames. New York: Berkeley Books, 1997 – Pete Early
Traitors Among Us: Inside the Spy Catchers World. Harvest Books, 2000 – Stuart A. Herrington
The Double-Cross System in the War of 1939 to 1945. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1972 – J.C. Masterman
A Convenient Spy: Wen Ho Lee and the Politics of Nuclear Espionage. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2001 – Dan Stober and Ian Hoffman
Venona: The Greatest Secret of the Cold War. Harper Collins, 1999 – Nigel West
Spy: The Inside Story of How the FBI’s Robert Hanssen Betrayed America. New York: Random House, 2002 – David Wise
True Believer – Scot Carmichael
Capturing Jonathan Pollard – Ron Olive
Spy Hunter – Bob Hunter
The Double-Cross System: The Incredible Tru Story of How Nazi Spies Were Turned into Double Agents – Masterman
Spycraft – Keith Melton and Bob Wallace
Enemies – Bill Gertz
Wilderness of Mirrors – David Martin
Spy Wars – Tennet Bagley
Gatekeeper – John Sullivan — the only book published by an official of a US intelligence agency on the polygraph
The KGB; The Inside Story – Christopher Andrew and Oleg Gordievksy – best readable one volume book on Soviet foreign operations from 1917-1985 (good compliment to the Mitrokhin Archives)
Stalin’s Secret War: Soviet Counterintelligence against the Nazis 1941-1945 – Robert Stephan - on CIA’s intelligence reading list and only book detailing the operations of the Soviet equivalent to the British Double Cross System
Thwarting Enemies: How to be a Counterintelligence Officer – Bill Johnson – just reissued by Georgetown University Press. Good CI primer covering most CI issues by a former DO officer
Crown Jewels – Nigel West
Spy Within – Todd Hoffman
The Man Who Was Thursday – Chesterton
Foucalt’s Pendelum – Umberto Eco
Intelligence Power in Peace and War – Micael Herman
The works of John Early Haynes and Harvey Klehr on Soviet intel ops in the US
The Very Best Men – Evan Thomas
Strategic Deception in the Second World War – Michael Howard
The Deceivers – Thaddeus Holt
The CIA and Congress – David Barrett
Lifting the Fog of War – Admiral Bill Owen
