The Psychology of Intelligence Analysis

June 22nd, 2012 by zen

Recently, commenter L.C. Rees brought to our attention  Psychology of Intelligence Analysis by Richards J.  Heuer, one of the rare sort of CIA officers who spent decades in both the Directorate of Operations and the Directorate of Intelligence.  I have been thumbing through Heuer’s work and if you have an interest in metacognition, analytical clarity, and cognitive biases, this book is for you.

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  1. J. Scott Shipman:

    June 22nd, 2012 at 5:53 pm

    Hi Zen, 
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    Good post! I had a copy printed and bound—and it has been well-loved.

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