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A Tradecraft Primer: Structured Analytic Techniques for Improving Intelligence Analysis

Original publisher: Washington, D.C.: U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, Center for the Study of Intelligence, 2009?] LC Number: BF444 OCLC Number: (OCoLC)436207961 Subject: Intelligence service — United States — Methodology.

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  • Format
  • paperback
  • Pages
  • 46
  • Language
  • english
  • ISBN
  • 9781234065867
  • Release date
  • 2012