Actionable Intelligence Through Human Interaction

Abstract

Throughout American military history, a controlling influence exists that establishes success or failure. Military intelligence demonstrates over and over again that even the best, most accurate information is useless if received too late. Strangely enough, improvements in technology have not overcome good actionable human intelligence collection as the best pathway to success. Technology improves our ability but past conflicts demonstrate personal human interaction as the most effective resource for intelligence collection.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 26, 2009
Accession Number
AD1137242

Entities

People

  • Richard K. Holladay

Organizations

  • United States Army Sergeants Major Academy

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aerial Reconnaissance
  • Army
  • Civil War
  • Civil War (United States)
  • Destroyers
  • Governments
  • History
  • Human Intelligence
  • Intelligence Collection
  • Military History
  • Reconnaissance
  • Revolutions
  • Second World War
  • United States
  • United States Government
  • War
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Political Violence and Terrorism Studies.
  • Systems Analysis and Design