Gunilla Eriksson is a post-doctoral researcher in the Department of War Studies at the Swedish National Defense University. She holds a PhD in political science from Örebro University, Sweden, Prior to her academic career, she was an intelligence analyst at the Swedish Military Intelligence and Security Service (MUST).

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Acknowledgements

Part I

1: Introduction

• Intelligence - A Special Kind of Knowledge
• Intelligence and Knowledge
• Policy and Knowledge
• Investigating Intelligence Knowledge Production
• Outline of the Book

2: Framework for Researching Intelligence Knowledge

• In Search of Theory
• A View on Institutionalism
• A View on Knowledge
• Social and Textual Discursive Practice
• The Framework Applied

Part II

3 Intelligence in Swedish Political Culture

• The Specificities of Swedish Political Culture
• A Culture of Compromise and Consensus

4: The Institutional Setting

• Task and Legal Framework
• The Process of Tasking and Directing
• The Formalised Intelligence Work Process

5: The Swedish Military Intelligence Directorate

• Before 1945
• From 1945 Until 1989
• From Cold War until Today
• Summary

Part III

6: Practice for Producing Knowledge

• Making Intelligence Analysis
• Phase One: Getting the Question Right
• Phase Two: Reading Up
• Phase Three: the Thinking Process
• Phase Four: Aligning and Creating Support
• Phase Five: Releasing the Assessment
• Summary

7: Practice for Creating Knowledge

• Directing the Intelligence Knowledge
• The Literary Style
• Consistency and Contradictions
• The Ethic Component
• Summary

Part IV

8: The Intelligence Worldview

• Political Realism
• Realism in the Estimates
• Summary

9: The Representation of NATO

• Constructing NATO
• The Representation of NATO
• NATO in an International Context
• Summary

10: The Representation of Russia

• Constructing Russia
• The Representation of Russia
• Russia in an International Context
• Summary

11: The Representation of Terrorism

• The Early Years
• After the Re-Emergence of Terrorism
• Recently
• Summary

12: The Intelligence Discourse

• Language Practice
• Terms and Concepts
• Facts, Arguments and Assumptions
• Summary

Part V

13: The Intelligence 'Style of Thought' and 'Collective of Thought'

• Intelligence Social Practice
• Intelligence Social Discursive Practice
• Intelligence Textual Discursive Practice
• Intelligence Knowledge Discourse
• Concluding Reflections and Suggestions

Bibliography

Literature

Articles

Public Inquiries

Intelligence Estimates and Policy Documents

Interviews

Observations