Intelligence by Mark Lowenthal

In the United States, MARK M.LOWENTHAL is a senior specialist. foreign policy at the Library of Congress's Congressional Research Service (CRS). He worked for the State Department's Bureau of Intelligence and Research from 1985 to 1989, first as the director of the Office of Strategic Forces Analysis, then as deputy assistant secretary for functional analysis. He was previously a national defense specialist at CRS, where he also served as the chief of the Defense/Arms Control and Europe/Middle East/Africa divisions. Leadership and Indecision: American War Planning and Policy Proccess, 1937-1942 is one of his books, and he has written numerous essays and congressional studies on national security topics.