作为军事学、政治学、情报学、国际关系、公共管理学、领导科学等社会科学研究的重要内容之一，军事情报理论研究一直备受美国情报界、学术界的关注，数十年来发展迅速，热度不退。

本书按照情报基础理论、情报历史、情报工作、情报失误、情报机构、情报控制、情报支援、情报教育与训练、情报改革与转型(包括情报战略)九大领域，选取或节录了美国官方和主要学术研究机构发表或出版的35篇(份)有代表性的文章、著作、报告和文件。

本书按照情报基础理论、情报历史、情报工作、情报失误、情报机构、情报控制、情报支援、情报教育与训练、情报改革与转型(包括情报战略)九大领域，选取或节录了美国官方和主要学术研究机构发表或出版的35篇(份)有代表性的文章、著作、报告和文件，各篇(份)之间既相对独立、自成一体，又相互联系、互为支撑，较为全面地反映了美国军事情报理论研究和实践工作的现状。

为了方便并引导受众阅读，我们为每篇文章都扼要编写了内容摘要，并附有数量不等的问答题和思考题。本书既可以为研治美国学、外国军事学、军队指挥学，尤其是军事情报学的专家学者、研究生、大学生提供一些很有价值的理论线索，也可以作为军事专业英语的补充阅读材料。

Unit 1 Wanted：A Definition of“Intelligence”

Unit 2 The Nature of Intelligence

Unit 3 The Role of Intelligence

Unit 4 The Founding Fathers of American Intelligence

Unit 5 The Beginnings of U.S.Army Intelligence

Unit 6 A Brief History of Communications Intelligence in the United States

Unit 7 The History of American Military Intelligence：A Review of Selected Literature

Unit 8 Intelligence Process

Unit 9 Modeling the U.S.Military Intelligence Process

Unit 10 Intelligence Collection Activities and Disciplines

Unit 11 Sherman Kent and the Profession of Intelligence Analysis

Unit 12 Sherman Kent's Final Thoughts on Analyst.Policymaker Relations

Unit 13 Improving Intelligence Analysis at CIA：Dick Heuer's Contribution to Intelligence Analysis

Unit 14 A New Perspective on Use of the Critical Decision Method with Intelligence Analysts?

Unit 15 Developing a Taxonomy of Intelligence Analysis Variables

Unit 16 The Institutional Framework of the National Intelligence Estimate

Unit 17 With a Little of Heart and Soul：Analyzing the Role of HUMINT in the Post Cold War Era-

Unit 18 Homeland Security Intelligence：Just the Beginning

Unit 19 Covert Action：the Delicate Balance

Unit 20 The Uncertain Oracle：Some Intelligence Failures Revisited

Unit 21 An Overview of the Intelligence Community

Unit 22 Moving Targets：The U.S.Intelligence Community and Changing World Context

Unit 23 The Evolution and Relevance of Joint Intelligence Centers

Unit 24 Secrecy and Accountability in U.S.Intelligence

Unit 25 Accountability and America's Secret Foreign Policy：Keeping a Legislative Eye on the Central Intelligence Agency

Unit 26 Intelligence Support of Military Operations

Unit 27 Intelligence at the Operational Level of War

Unit 28 National Intelligence Goes Operational：An Evolution Underway

Unit 29 Building the Intelligence Foundation for Network Centric Warfare

Unit 30 Disaggregation in Support of Intelligence Training

Unit 31 Keeping the Edge in Intelligence

Unit 32 Reforming Intelligence：Selling Change

Unit 33 Defense Intelligence Agency Strategic Plan Fiscal Years 2004—2009

Unit 34 The National CounterinteUigence Strategy of the United States

Unit 35 The National Intelligence Strategy of the United States of America Transformation through Integration and Innovation