Time and Narrative in Intelligence Analysis

This book offers a new framework and set of standards for intelligence analysis, drawing from a variety of academic disciplines, such as philosophy, historiography, literary theory and semiotics.

Joshua Yaphe is Senior Fellow at the Center for the National Interest in Washington, DC, and a regular contributor to its journal, The National Interest. He has a PhD from American University and served as Senior Analyst for the Arabian Peninsula at the US Department of State's Bureau of Intelligence and Research (INR).

Chapter 1: Establishing a Framework Chapter 2: Apartheid in South Africa, 1952 Chapter 3: Definitions of Intelligence Analysis Chapter 4: Elections in Italy, 1953 Chapter 5: Allowing for Subjective Experience Chapter 6: Saddam Hussein's Survival, 1992 Chapter 7: Reconceiving the Intelligence Cycle Chapter 8: Sino-Soviet Split, 1949 Chapter 9: Objective and Subjective Time Chapter 10: Cultural Revolution in China, 1966 Chapter 11: Understanding Intelligence Failures Chapter 12: Juan Perón's Argentina, 1955 Chapter 13: Conclusion