George

George. Editors. "Free Agency." Oct. 1999, 34.

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[CIA/90s/99/Gen]

George, A.L. Propaganda Analysis: A Study of the Inferences Made from Nazi Propaganda in World War II. Evanston, Il: Rowe Petersen, 1959.

[WWII/PsyWar]

George, Joseph, Jr. "Black Flag Warfare: Lincoln and the Raids against Richmond and Jefferson Davis." The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography 115, no. 3 (Jul. 1991): 291-318.

[CivWar/Un/Richmond]

George, Roger Z. "Fixing the Problem of Analytical Mind-Sets: Alternative Analysis." International Journal of Intelligence and Counterintelligence 17, no.3 (Fall 2004): 385-404.

"Knowing when a mind-set is becoming obsolete and in need of revision can test the mettle of the best expert.... Alternative Analysis (AA) seeks to impose an explicit self-review by using specific techniques to reveal unconscious analytical assumptions or challenge weak evidence or logic, and consider alternative hypotheses or outcomes, even in the absence of convincing evidence."

[Analysis]

George, Roger Z. "Meeting 21st Century Transnational Challenges: Building a Global Intelligence Paradigm." Studies in Intelligence 51, no. 3 (2007): 1-9. [https://www.cia.gov/library/center-for-the-study-of-intelligence/csi-publications/csi-studies/studies/vol51no3/index.html]

'[T]he dominant intelligence paradigm for the past half century" has been one of developing "critical information through a national, classified system of collection and analysis. This paradigm has been effective in organizing US intelligence ... for what have been largely state-centric challenges." However, "many post-Cold War and post-9/11 challenges raise questions about the effectiveness of the traditional intelligence paradigm." This article provides "a description of a new way of thinking about intelligence collaboration that is designed to leverage open sources, multi-disciplinary and multi-national sources of expertise, and pooled international resources."

[PostCW/00s/Gen]

George, Roger Z., and James B. Bruce, eds. Analyzing Intelligence: Origins, Obstacles, and Innovations. Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press, 2008.

From publisher: "Drawing on the individual and collective experience of recognized intelligence experts and scholars in the field, Analyzing Intelligence provides the first comprehensive assessment of the state of intelligence analysis since 9/11. Its in-depth and balanced evaluation of more than fifty years of U.S. analysis includes a critique of why it has under-performed at times. It provides insights regarding the enduring obstacles as well as new challenges of analysis in the post-9/11 world, and suggests innovative ideas for improved analytical methods, training, and structured approaches."

Peake, Studies 52.3 (Sep. 2008), finds this to be an "important book" that differs from other books on intelligence analysis by its "broad scope.... Analyzing Intelligence is the most comprehensive book on the subject to date."

For Hanley, Proceedings 134.11 (Nov. 2008), "this book offers timely and perceptive observations on the practice or, as the authors are at pains to argue, the profession of intelligence."

[Analysis/Critiques]

George, Roger Z., and Robert D. Kline, eds. Intelligence and the National Security Strategist: Enduring Issues and Challenges. Washington, DC: National Defense University Press, 2003. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2005.

According to Peake, Studies 49.2 (2005), "[t]he 39 chapters in this 10-part reader should provide the foundation for a variety of college-level courses on intelligence. They pull together often hard to find articles by a diverse group of professionals.... Scholars are urged to consult this work for a comprehensive overview of this complex profession -- intelligence."

Medby, NWCR 58.4 (Autumn 2005), says that these "essays by an impressive list of authors address[] many of the issues especially salient to intelligence practitioners and their consumers in this time of reflection and reform.... [T]his book is remarkably valuable to any course dealing with the intelligence community."

[Overviews/Gen/00s; RefMats/Teaching]

George, Scott [COL/USAF], and Robert Ehlers (LTCOL/USAF]. "Air-Intelligence Operations and Training: The Decisive Edge for Effective Airpower Employment." Air & Space Power Journal 22, no. 2 (Summer 2008). [http://www.airpower.maxwell.af.mil/airchronicles/apje.html]

"For the first time since 1945, the Air Force is ... moving rapidly in the direction of a vigorous intelligence program, establishing new organizations such as the ISR [Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance] Agency with specific mission sets as well as making each intelligence organization within the Air Staff and other commands responsible for specific programmatic, operational, and training responsibilities. Most importantly, Air Force senior leaders [have] recognized the rapidly increasing importance of intelligence by creating an entirely new deputy chief of staff position, the USAF/A2, with authority to make the changes required to bring intelligence into the twenty-first century."

[MI/AF/00s]

George, Theodore A. "The Calculation of Soviet Helicopter Performance." Studies in Intelligence 3, no. 4 (Fall 1959): 43-48.

"How a set of mathematical curves and formulas can be used to convert data derived from the still photograph of a new whirlybird to specifications for its performance in action."

[Analysis/Sov]

George, Willis. Surreptitious Entry. New York: Appleton-Century, 1946.

Clark comment: Disgruntled second-story man for OSS and ONI tells all.

Constantinides sees the book as "a good handbook on clandestine techniques of entry ... and on surveillance.... George headed the OSS team that made entry into Amerasia's offices."

[WWII/OSS]

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