How Spies Think: Ten Lessons in Intelligence
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How Spies Think: Ten Lessons in Intelligence

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WINNER OF THE NEAVE BOOK PRIZE 2022LONGLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL WRITING 2021’One of the best books ever written about intelligence analysis and its long-term lessons’ Christopher Andrew, author of The Defence of the Realm: The Authorized History of MI5’An invaluable guide to avoiding self-deception and fake news’ Melanie Phillips, The TimesFrom the former director of GCHQ, Professor Sir David Omand, learn the methodology used by British intelligence agencies to reach judgements, establish the right level of confidence and act decisively. Full of revealing examples from a storied career, including key briefings with Prime Ministers and strategies used in conflicts from the Cold War to the present, in How Spies Think Professor Omand arms us with the tools to sort fact from fiction, and shows us how to use real intelligence every day.

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Weight 0.263 kg
Dimensions 2.3 × 13.1 × 19.8 cm
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Paperback
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Pages

368
Publisher

Year Published

2021-7-1
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Publication City/Country

London, United Kingdom
ISBN 10

0241385199
About The Author

David Omand was the first UK Security and Intelligence Coordinator, responsible to the Prime Minister for the professional health of the intelligence community, national counter-terrorism strategy and "homeland security". He served for seven years on the Joint Intelligence Committee. He was Permanent Secretary of the Home Office from 1997 to 2000, and before that Director of GCHQ.

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