The first edition sold 8,000+ copies and started a movement. While it described what goes into an Area Study, it didn’t describe the intelligence effort after the Area Study. So I spent the past year rewriting it. With 13 new chapters and 400+ new pages, it covers the entire Area Intelligence framework, from setup, collection, and assessment to integration into a persistent intelligence operation long after you’ve finished the book. This is the definitive version you’ll need for the decade ahead.
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A limited Intel Operator Edition will be available tomorrow. 200 signed and individually numbered hardcover copies, containing my most valuable and important writing for the kind of people who’d be in the first 200. When they’re claimed, this edition is done.
Six entirely new chapters on intelligence collection — OSINT, HUMINT, SIGINT, IMINT, Civil Reconnaissance, and Collection Planning. Three new chapters on Threat & Risk Analysis. A new chapter on Route Analysis. And an epilogue on Intelligence in Low Intensity Conflict — responding to violent social movements, terrorism, organized political violence, and insurgency — that I’ve never published anywhere else.
Every chapter is written in plain language for civilians. No prior military or intelligence experience required.
The Intel Operator Special Edition includes exclusive content that will not appear in the standard paperback.
Tomorrow: 200 Intel Operator Editions and a limited number of seats in the first ever Special Projects Cohort. If you want one, be on this list by tomorrow morning.
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