Silent Warfare - 3rd Edition by Abram N Shulsky & Gary J Schmitt (Paperback)

About the Book

Learn about the real world of intelligence work

Book Synopsis

A thoroughly updated revision of the first comprehensive overview of intelligence designed for both the student and the general reader, Silent Warfare is an insider's guide to a shadowy, often misunderstood world. Leading intelligence scholars Abram N. Shulsky and Gary J. Schmitt clearly explain such topics as the principles of collection, analysis, counterintelligence, and covert action, and their interrelationship with policymakers and democratic values.

This new edition takes account of the expanding literature in the field of intelligence and deals with the consequences for intelligence of vast recent changes in telecommunication and computer technology the new "information age." It also reflects the world's strategic changes since the end of the Cold War. This landmark book provides a valuable framework for understanding today's headlines, as well as the many developments likely to come in the real world of the spy.

Review Quotes

"Silent Warfare is the ideal primer on intelligence. It offers not only a comprehensive introduction to the subject, but an analysis of intelligence that exposes the flaws in the conventional wisdom of the intelligence community. A superbly balanced work."--Elliott A. Cohen, professor and director of strategic studies, School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University


"A thoughtful, authoritative study of intelligence written clearly and insightfully."--Ronald Kessler, author of The Spy in the Russian Club


"Contains many insights. . . . Well worth reading."--Ray S. Cline, former deputy director of the CIA


"Easy to read and understand."--Library Journal


"The best place for the general reader to start learning about the real world of intelligence work."--Robin W. Winks, author of Cloak and Gown: Scholars in the Secret War