Critical Thinking for Strategic Intelligence
Pherson, Katherine Hibbs
Critical Thinking for Strategic Intelligence - UK: Sage, 2017. - xxvii, 376p.
978-1-5063-1688-8
PART I. HOW DO I GET STARTED
Who are your clients?
What are he Key Questions?
PART II. WHERE IS THE INFORMATION I NEED?
How Do Models Help My Analysis?
What Types of Information are Available?
PART III. WHAT IS MY ARGUMENT?
Are my Key Assumptions Well-Founded?
Can I Make My Case?
PART IV. HOW DO I CONVEY MY MESSAGE EFFECTIVELY?
Is My Argument Persuasive?
How Should I Portray Probability, Levels of Confidence, and Quantitative Data?
PART V. CASE STUDIES
Countering the Iranian Nuclear Threat: Stuxnet and its Broader Implications
Puzzling Food Poisoning in Germany
The End of the Era of Aircraft Carriers
Financial Crises in the United States
Yemen: An Expanding Security Threat?
659.23 / PHE
Critical Thinking for Strategic Intelligence - UK: Sage, 2017. - xxvii, 376p.
978-1-5063-1688-8
PART I. HOW DO I GET STARTED
Who are your clients?
What are he Key Questions?
PART II. WHERE IS THE INFORMATION I NEED?
How Do Models Help My Analysis?
What Types of Information are Available?
PART III. WHAT IS MY ARGUMENT?
Are my Key Assumptions Well-Founded?
Can I Make My Case?
PART IV. HOW DO I CONVEY MY MESSAGE EFFECTIVELY?
Is My Argument Persuasive?
How Should I Portray Probability, Levels of Confidence, and Quantitative Data?
PART V. CASE STUDIES
Countering the Iranian Nuclear Threat: Stuxnet and its Broader Implications
Puzzling Food Poisoning in Germany
The End of the Era of Aircraft Carriers
Financial Crises in the United States
Yemen: An Expanding Security Threat?
659.23 / PHE