The Image of the Enemy: Intelligence Analysis of Adversaries Since 1945 Audible Audiobook – Unabridged

Paul Maddrell (Author), Douglas R. Pratt (Narrator), University Press Audiobooks (Publisher)

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Intelligence agencies spend huge sums of money to collect and analyze vast quantities of national security data for their political leaders. How well is this intelligence analyzed, how often is it acted on by policymakers, and does it have a positive or negative effect on decision making?

Drawing on declassified documents, interviews with intelligence veterans and policymakers, and other sources, The Image of the Enemy breaks new ground as it examines how seven countries analyzed and used intelligence to shape their understanding of their main adversary. The cases in the book include the Soviet Union's analysis of the United States (and vice versa), East Germany's analysis of West Germany (and vice versa), British intelligence in the early years of the Troubles in Northern Ireland, Israeli intelligence about the Palestinians, Pakistani intelligence on India, and US intelligence about Islamist terrorists.

These rivalries provide rich case studies for scholars and offer today's analysts and policymakers the opportunity to closely evaluate past successes and failures in intelligence analysis and the best ways to give information support to policymakers. Using these lessons from the past, they can move forward to improve analysis of current adversaries and future threats.

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12 hours and 28 minutes
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Paul Maddrell
Narrator

Douglas R. Pratt
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April 29 2016
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English
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University Press Audiobooks
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B072BT8J97
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Unabridged
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Listening Length	12 hours and 28 minutes
Author	Paul Maddrell
Narrator	Douglas R. Pratt
Audible.ca Release Date	April 29 2016
Publisher	University Press Audiobooks
Program Type	Audiobook
Version	Unabridged
Language	English
ASIN	B072BT8J97
Best Sellers Rank	#197,224 in Audible Books & Originals (See Top 100 in Audible Books & Originals) #780 in International Relations (Audible Books & Originals) #894 in Military Intelligence & Espionage #1,227 in Political Freedom & Security

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HMS Warspite

Intelligence wars in the modern era...

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on August 2, 2020

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This 2015 compilation of essays captures in a compact way some of the modern challenges of intelligence analysis. The production of accurate, timely, and actionable intelligence is extraordinarily difficult, even under the best circumstances, and nearly impossible under the worst. The eight essays examine a broad range of situations and circumstances, and their outcomes, so far as they are known.

Two essays cover the respective intelligence efforts of the United States and the Soviet Union during the Cold War. Two others cover the Cold War sub-case of the two Germanies. The last four case studies cover Pakistan efforts against India, Israeli efforts against Palestinian terrorists, Britain against the PIRA, and the U.S. against AQ. The Cold War material may be fairly well known to students of the period. This reviewer found the Northern Ireland essay particularly fascinating as covering material not widely known.

This concise volume offers an accessible and often unvarnished look at what worked and what didn't. Not least, it highlights how much the effectiveness of any intelligence agency is determined by its relationship with the political leadership it serves. Well recommended to students of the intelligence community.

Bayard B.

Good book on the subject but some chapters were very dull. A couple were quite fascinating.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on April 30, 2016

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Pretty good book on the accomplishments (or lack thereof) of several national intelligence organizations in the world. On the other hand, the style is dullsville (which is why I didn't give it the four stars that it otherwise deserves).

Somewhat surprisingly, I thought one of the most interesting chapters was on the Pakistani intelligence agencies. The reason is because the Pakistani intelligence system is almost incapable of providing objective analysis of anything. It's ethos is completely blinded by its personnels' (i.e., the army's) hatred of India. It is also apparently heavily influenced by extremist Islamic viewpoints. Any analyses and reports reflect what the leadership of the intelligence agencies want to hear. In any case, it probably doesn't matter because the government leaders ignore anything that doesn't fit their preconceived notions.

The other chapter that I found most interesting was the former Sovier Union's intelligence assessments of the United States and western Europe. The various intelligence agencies and academic organizations in the USSR could not provide objective assessments of the US and Western European (especially West German) political and economic systems because of the required Marxist - Leninist viewpoints. Every financial hiccough or economic crisis (whether severe or slight) was analysed as foreshadowing the demise of the entire capitalist system. What is particularly fascinating is that those same agencies and organizations were incapable of observing and objectively analyzing the economic decline and ultimate collapse of the USSR's economy. With the information now available, the USSR started experiencing significant economic problems in the 1970s and it got continually worse into the 1980s when the whole system finally just became unglued.

Other intelligence agencies discussed include those of Israel, the US, West Germany (FRG), East Germany (GDR), and the UK. The chapters were loaded with information and analysis of capabilities and successes and failures, but I just didn't find them very exciting.

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