Title: Why spy? : espionage in an age of uncertainty /
Authors: Hitz, Frederick Porter, 1939-
Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press,
Year: 2008
Subjects: United States.; Intelligence service United States.; Espionage, American.; Espionage.; Spies United States
Abstract: "What motivates someone to risk his or her life in the shadowy, often dangerous world of espionage? What are the needs and opportunities for spying within the 'war on terrorism'? And how can the United States recruit spies to inform its struggle with Islamic fundamentalists' acts of anti-Western jihad ...?"--Page 4 of cover.
Contents: Introduction -- The seven motivations for espionage -- Espionage versus intelligence: how the United States goes about spying -- Ideological commitment -- Money and treasure -- Revenge and score settling -- Sex, intimidation, and blackmail -- Spying for reasons of friendship or ethnic or religious solidarity -- The spy game for the sake of the game -- America's spying competence today -- Intelligence failures and politicization -- The CIA in transition: 1991 to the present -- Intelligence reform -- Spying in the twenty-first century -- Actionable intelligence and the role of law enforcement, the military, and technology -- Foreign liaison services and spying lawfully -- Updating operational and analytical tradecraft -- Why spy? Should we do it? -- A spy for the twenty-first century -- Conclusion: can we make espionage work in the twenty-first century?