Critical Thinking for Strategic Intelligence
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Critical Thinking for Strategic Intelligence

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Critical Thinking for Strategic Intelligence

About this book

With Critical Thinking for Strategic Intelligence, Katherine Hibbs Pherson and Randolph H. Pherson have updated their highly regarded, easy-to-use handbook for developing core critical thinking skills and analytic techniques. This indispensable text is framed around 20 key questions that all analysts must ask themselves as they prepare to conduct research, generate hypotheses, evaluate sources of information, draft papers, and ultimately present analysis, including: How do I get started? Where is the information I need? What is my argument? How do I convey my message effectively? 

The Third Edition includes suggested best practices for dealing with digital disinformation, politicization, and AI. Drawing upon their years of teaching and analytic experience, Pherson and Pherson provide a useful introduction to skills that are essential within the intelligence community.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. The Critical Thinker’s Checklist Inside Front Cover
  3. Series
  4. Half Title
  5. Acknowledgements
  6. Publisher Note
  7. Title Page
  8. Copyright Page
  9. Contents
  10. List of Figures
  11. Foreword
  12. About the Authors
  13. Introduction to the Third Edition
  14. Introduction
  15. Part I How Do I Get Started?
  16. 1 Who Are Your Clients?
  17. 2 What Are the Key Questions?
  18. 3 What Is the Broader Context for the Analysis?
  19. 4 How Should I Conceptualize My Product?
  20. 5 What Is My Analytic Approach?
  21. 6 Can Collaboration Contribute to a Better Answer?
  22. Part II Where Is the Information I Need?
  23. 7 How Do Models Help My Analysis?
  24. 8 What Types of Information Are Available?
  25. 9 Can I Trust the Sources?
  26. 10 How Should I Assess the Reliability of Internet Information?
  27. Part III What Is My Argument?
  28. 11 Are My Key Assumptions Well-Founded?
  29. 12 Can I Make My Case?
  30. 13 Did I Consider Alternative Hypotheses?
  31. 14 How Do I Deal With Politicization?
  32. 15 How Might I Be Spectacularly Wrong?
  33. Part IV How Do I Convey My Message Effectively?
  34. 16 Is My Argument Persuasive?
  35. 17 How Should I Portray Probability, Levels of Confidence, and Quantitative Data?
  36. 18 How Can Graphics Support My Analysis?
  37. 19 How Do I Present My Message in the Most Compelling Way?
  38. 20 How Do I Know When I Am Finished?
  39. Part V Case Studies
  40. Case Study I Uncharted Territory: Conflict, Competition, or Collaboration in the Arctic?
  41. Case Study II Russian Disinformation: Lessons Learned From the MH17 Shootdown
  42. Case Study III Blackout on the Eastern Seaboard!1
  43. Case Study IV The End of the Era of Aircraft Carriers
  44. Case Study V Puzzling Food Poisonings in Germany
  45. Case Study VI The Case of Iraq’s Aluminum Tubes
  46. Glossary of Terms
  47. List of Names
  48. Recommended Readings
  49. US Government Publications
  50. Index
  51. The Analyst’s Roadmap Inside Back Cover