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Description
Security Analysis: A Critical-Thinking Approach is for anyone desiring to learn techniques for generating the best answers to complex questions and best solutions to complex problems. It furnishes current and future analysts in national security, homeland security, law enforcement, and corporate security an alternative, comprehensive process for conducting both intelligence analysis and policy analysis. The target audience is upper-division undergraduate students and new graduate students, along with entry-level practitioner trainees. The book centers on a Security Analysis Critical-Thinking Framework that synthesizes critical-thinking and existing analytic techniques. Ample examples are provided to assist readers in comprehending the material. Newly created material includes techniques for analyzing beliefs and political cultures. The book also functions as an introduction to Foreign Policy and Security Studies.
ISBN
978-1-7343289-3-6
Publication Date
2023
Publisher
Encompass Digital Archive, Eastern Kentucky University
City
Richmond
Subjects
Critical thinking, Creative thinking, Intelligence Analysis, Policy Analysis, National Security, Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, Corporate Security
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-Share Alike 4.0 International License.
Recommended Citation
Collier, M. (2023) Security Analysis: A Critical Thinking Approach. Encompass Digital Archive. https://encompass.eku.edu/ekuopen/6/
Comments
Publication of this open access textbook was made possible by the support of EKU Libraries.