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Intelligence
From Secrets to Policy
Tenth Edition
- Mark M. Lowenthal - Intelligence & Security Academy, LLC
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October 2025 | 624 pages | CQ Press
Now in its landmark Tenth Edition, Mark M. Lowenthal’s trusted guide, Intelligence, is the go-to resource for understanding how the intelligence community’s history, structure, procedures, and functions affect policy decisions. In the new edition, the author addresses the implications of new technologies like artificial intelligence, the intensified great power competition around the world, and updates in cyber intelligence, as well as offering significant updates in the chapter on foreign intelligence services.
Preface
Acronyms
Chapter 1: What Is “Intelligence”?
Chapter 2: The Development of U.S. Intelligence
Chapter 3: The U.S. Intelligence Community
Chapter 4: The Intelligence Process—A Macro Look: Who Does What for Whom?
Chapter 5: Collection and the Collection Disciplines
Chapter 6: Analysis
Chapter 7: Counterintelligence
Chapter 8: Covert Action
Chapter 9: The Role of the Policy Maker
Chapter 10: Oversight and Accountability
Chapter 11: The Intelligence Agenda: Nation-States
Chapter 12: The Intelligence Agenda: Transnational Issues
Chapter 13: Ethical and Moral Issues in Intelligence
Chapter 14: Intelligence Reform
Chapter 15: Foreign Intelligence Services
Appendix 1: Additional Bibliographic Citations and Websites
Appendix 2: Major Intelligence Reviews or Proposals
Mark Lowenthal continues to refine an essential textbook for the next generation of intelligence students. Whether you aspire to work in government, serve on the staff of a national leader, or simply make the best possible decisions, you will benefit from this foundational understanding of intelligence.
Harvard University
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Lowenthal's book is a standard bearer for how to introduce and inform students about the mission, structure, and complexities inherent in the intelligence field. The book does not have an equal in its real-world depth.
The Citadel
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This is an impactful text for attracting some of the very best students to careers in intelligence.
University of Texas at San Antonio
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Intelligence: From Secrets to Policy is a must-read for anyone with an interest in the US intelligence community.
Randolph-Macon College
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