Record Details     « New Search       Brief Record Full Record MARC Record     Bibliographic Data Control Number muse57179 Control Number Identifier MdBmJHUP Date and Time of Latest Transaction 20180112030015.0 General Information 180109s2018 pau o 00 0 eng d International Standard Book Number 9780822982418   0822982412   9780822944737   0822944731 System Control Number (OCoLC)1017098824 Cataloging Source MdBmJHUP MdBmJHUP Library of Congress Call Number BD175.5.R47 R48 2018 Main Entry - Personal Name Rescher, Nicholas, author. Title Statement Espionage, Statecraft, and the Theory of Reporting [electronic resource] : A Philosophical Essay on Intelligence Management / Nicholas Rescher Physical Description 1 online resource (1 PDF (vii, 179 pages) :) illustrations General Note Issued as part of book collections on Project MUSE Formatted Contents Note 1. Reports and our need for information -- 2. Reporting and its sources -- 3. Content matters -- 4. Transmission -- 5. Reception -- 6. Cognitive importance -- 7. Interpretation problems -- 8. Evaluation -- 9. Utilization Summary, Etc. Everything we know about what goes on in the world comes to us through reports, information transmitted through human communication. This book offers a clear, accessible introduction to the theory of reporting, with a special emphasis on national security, particularly military and diplomatic reporting, drawing on examples from historical accounts of espionage and statecraft from the Second World War Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Espionage   Military intelligence   Reporters and reporting   Knowledge, Theory of Index Term - Genre/Form Electronic books   Electronic books. -- local Added Entry - Corporate Name Project Muse,. distributor Added Entry - Corporate Name Project Muse           Physical Location           Digital Copy Not Available          Add to Book Cart  |   Download MARC