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Human intelligence : supporting composite warfare operations in Africa
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Title
Human intelligence : supporting composite warfare operations in Africa / Eeben Barlow.
ISBN
9781928359890
1928359892
Publication
Pinetown, South Africa : 30 Degrees South Publishers (Pty) Ltd., 2023.
Physical Description
434 pages, 8 pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm
Summary
"Faced with numerous challenges resultant from intelligence inertia, information overload, agenda-driven intelligence, and so forth, African military intelligence organisations must revisit the art of HUMINT. It remains a vital prerequisite to know and understand a challenger, an enemy, or a threat."--Publisher's description.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
August 15, 2023
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 432-434).
Contents
Introduction
Part 1. Understanding the role of military intelligence. Understanding 'Military Intelligence'
State stability, military intelligence and HUMINT operations
The principles of intelligence and the military intelligence process
Part 2. HUMINT operations in Africa. A snapshot of HUMINT operations in Africa
The African military intelligence command structure and the focused activities division
The covert intelligence-collection group
A brief view of pseudo-operations
The special operations group
The direct-action group
The perception modification group
The aerial ISR group, ICT operations group and the Office for Policy and Doctrine
Part 3. Intelligence tradecraft: the recruitment and handling of agents. Understanding tradecraft
The language of tradecraft
The role-players in covert collections (espionage) operations
Classification of agents
Controllers, case officers and the agent recruitment cycle
Cover and cover stories
Talent-spotting
Agent cultivation and recruitment
Training and running agents
The management of agents
Surveillance and countersurveillance
Clandestine communications
'Africa rules'
Part 4. Combat intelligence in support of composite warfare operations. Combat intelligence in support of composite warfare operations
Appendices. Appendix A. The criticality and importance of strategic intelligence
Appendix B. The trinity of gravity (ToG)
Appendix C. Establishing report: influencing and manipulation agents
Appendix D. Briefing and debriefing of FAD members and agents
Appendix E. The power of perception
Appendix F. Some notes on 'drops' and dead letter boxes.
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