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ID168617
Title ProperUse of intelligence by insurgent groups
Other Title Informationthe North Vietnamese in the Second Indochina War as a case study
LanguageENG
AuthorStrachan-Morris, David
Summary / Abstract (Note)The need to define intelligence is understandable because the secrecy surrounding it can almost make it appear too amorphous to study. In most definitions, the authors not only attempt to define what intelligence is but also who does it. Until recently the focus has been on the state with occasional focus on sub-state actors such as law enforcement agencies. After 9/11 there was a shift from the study of inter-state intelligence to the use of intelligence against non-state actors such as Al Qaeda. The literature still treated these non-state actors as something to be acted upon rather than intelligence actors in their own right. By examining the North Vietnamese use of intelligence during the Second Indochina War this article takes a step to redress that oversight. This article will discuss the North Vietnamese use of intelligence in the context of definitions of intelligence and intelligence actors and will use John Gentry’s proposed model of violent non-state actor intelligence as its analytical framework.
`In' analytical NoteIntelligence and National Security Vol. 34, No.7; Dec 2019: p.985-998
Journal SourceIntelligence and National Security Vol: 34 No 7
Key WordsNorth Vietnamese ;  Second Indochina War


 
 
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