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Why spy? : espionage in an age of uncertainty / Frederick P. Hitz.

by Hitz, Frederick Porter, 1939-

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New York : Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press, 2008.

United States. Central Intelligence Agency.

Intelligence service -- United States.

Espionage, American.

Electronic Resource

http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0829/2007039363-s.html

Electronic Resource

http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0829/2007039363-b.html

Electronic Resource

http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0829/2007039363-d.html

viii, 212 p. ; 19 cm.

Introduction -- The seven motivations for espionage -- Espionage versus intelligence: how the United States goes about spying -- Ideological commitment -- Money and treasure -- Revenge and score settling -- Sex, intimidation, and blackmail -- Spying for reasons of friendship or ethnic or religious solidarity -- The spy game for the sake of the game -- America's spying competence today -- Intelligence failures and politicization -- The CIA in transition: 1991 to the present -- Intelligence reform -- Spying in the twenty-first century -- Actionable intelligence and the role of law enforcement, the military, and technology -- Foreign liaison services and spying lawfully -- Updating operational and analytical tradecraft -- Why spy? Should we do it? -- A spy for the twenty-first century -- Conclusion: can we make espionage work in the twenty-first century?

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