Review: Promises to Keep–The United States Since World War II

3 Star, Empire, Sorrows, Hubris, Blowback

Prromises to KeepOver-Priced, Publisher Needs Spanking,

April 10, 2007

Paul S. Boyer

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This is an important book, disgracefully priced beyond the reach of virtually everyone who actually needs to read it.

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Commerce

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Vendor Fleming Icosystem

2006

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Vendor Lederman Deep Web Technologies

2006

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Vendor Proctor IBM’s Text Analytic OS Architecture

2006

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Vendor Ruh CISCO’s Application Oriented Network

2004

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Vendor Dietz LEXIS-NEXIS Open Sources on North Korea

2004

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Vendor Dietz Top Ten Stories on North Korea

2001

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Vendor NA Bright Planet White Paper on the Deep Web

2001

UK

Vendor Rotheray BBC Views on New Risks of Crisis Seen From Open Sources (Slides)

2001

UK

Vendor Rotheray BBC Views on New Risks of Crisis Seen From Open Sources (Text)

1999

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Vendor Boyer AUTOMETRIC (Now Boeing): High Resolution Imagery

1999

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Vendor DataExpert DateExpert

1999

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Vendor Powerize Powerize Overview

1998

UK

Vendor Brenton MEMEX Software

1998

UK

Vendor Hunter I2: Creating Intelligence Automatically

1998

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Vendor Retrieval Tech. Real Time News Meets Knowledge Management

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Vendor Blejer SRA: Intelligence Information Systems

1997

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Vendor CORE CORE SW: Business Plan Summary

1997

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Vendor Jacobs ISOQUEST: Software for Managing Information Overload

1997

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Vendor Rodriguez DIALOG: Targetted Decisions Support versus Generic Internet

1997

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Vendor Weigand Forecast International: Reducing Risk Via Practical OSINT (Slides)

1997

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Vendor Weigand Forecast International: Reducing Risk Via Practical OSINT (Text)

1996

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Vendor Dixon LEXIS-NEXIS, Online Public Records and Criminal Investigations

1996

UK

Vendor Hutchinson Jane’s: The Role of Sources in Open Intelligence

1996

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Vendor Krattenmaker LEXIS-NEXIS, LEXMAP Demonstration and Discussion

1996

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Vendor Nachmanoff Oxford Analytica: Economic Intelligence Services for the Private Sector

1996

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Vendor Nanz SPOT Image: Remarks on Commercial Imagery

1995

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Vendor McLagan NewsEdge, Tailored News Alerts for a Competitive Edge

1995

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Vendor Nanz Commercial Imagery and National Defense (Slides)

1995

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Vendor Nanz Commercial Imagery and National Defense (Text)

1995

UK

Vendor Rolington Jane’s: A Theory of Open Source Information

1994

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Vendor Vajta-Williams Space Imaging, Commercial Imagery, and You

1993

UK

Vendor Hall Jane’s Approach to the New Threat Environment

1992

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Vendor Driver N-STAR: An Automated Analyst Tool for Open Source Data

1992

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Vendor Hutchinson Jane’s RUMOR OF WAR: An Information Vendor's View

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Vendor Kovaly Unique Wire Service Provides Early Intelligence

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Vendor Pincus METAMORPH: Theoretical Background and Operational Functionality

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Vendor Vendor PERISCOPE, Commercial Open Source

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Archive 1992-2006
Archive 1992-2006

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Commerce Bjore Commercial Intelligence

2003

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Commerce Bjore Reinventing Commercial Intelligence

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Commerce Klavans Identifying Commercial Opportunities from Emerging Science

2000

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Commerce Technology Intelligence from Patents

2000

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Commerce Sullivan Business Perspective on Essential Overseas Information

1999

FR

Commerce Baumlin Espionage or Business Intelligence: Nuances of Gray

1999

UK

Commerce Collier Overview of New Horizons in OSINT Sources, Softwares, Services

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Commerce Miller The Year the Information Industry Hit Bottom

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Commerce Robinson How Mobil Uses Open Sources & Services

1998

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Commerce Baumlin Black, White, Gray, Realities of the Investigative Marketplace

1998

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Commerce Boyer Assessing US and Other Space Imaging Options for European Needs

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Commerce Bruckner Information and Knowledge Management in Intelligence Situations

1998

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Commerce Burwell Commercial Online Source Validation Methods

1998

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Commerce Collier The Pricing of Electronic Information

1998

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Commerce Dunn Confronting the Future of the Information Industry

1998

Israel

Commerce Feiler Open and Personal: Economic Intelligence in the Middle East

1998

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Commerce Horowitz Economic Espionage and OSINT: Legal and Security Implications

1998

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Commerce Stara Valuing Competitive Intelligence

1998

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Commerce Yankeelov Pushing the Assets of Time and Knowledge

1997

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Commerce Borry & Sohl Electronic Sources & Methods: A Belgian Business Perspective

1997

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Commerce Suggs International Trade & Commerce Intelligence Search Strategies (Slides)

1997

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Commerce Suggs International Trade & Commerce Intelligence Search Strategies (Text)

1996

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Commerce Bates Recent and Emerging Trends in Information Brokering

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Commerce Call Realities & Myths Regarding Financial Research Using Open Sources

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Commerce Kolb (SCIP) Sales Pitch for the Society of Competitive Intelligence Professionals

1996

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Commerce Sibbit Emerging Business Models for Commercial Remote Sensing

1996

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Commerce Steele Concise Directory of Selected International Open Sources & Services

1996

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Commerce Steele Open Source Intelligence Handbook, Chapter 1, Overview

1995

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Commerce Herring Business Intelligence in Japan and Sweden: Lessons for the US

1995

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Commerce Herring Intelligence to Enhance American Companies' Competitiveness

1995

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Commerce Herring Using the Intelligence Process to Create Competitive Global Advantage

1995

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Commerce Simon & Blixt Emerging Issues in Competitive Intelligence

1994

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Commerce Basch Secrets of the Super-Searchers: A Personal and Practical Perspective

1994

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Commerce Bernhardt Tailoring Competitive Intelligence to Executive Needs

1994

UK

Commerce Collier Global Information Industry and a New Information Paradigm

1994

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Commerce Himelfarb Introduction to Competitive and Business Intelligence

1994

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Commerce Kelly ASIDIC Perspectives & Its Contributions to National Competitiveness (S)

1994

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Commerce Kelly ASIDIC Perspectives & Its Contributions to National Competitiveness (T)

1994

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Commerce Marcinko Association of Information and Dissemination Centers, Case Studies

1994

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Commerce Shaker Beating the Competition: From Boardroom to War Room

1994

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Commerce Shaker & Rice From War Room to Board Room

1994

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Commerce Sharp How to Identify Changes that Threaten Your Business Activity, In Advance

1994

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Commerce Stanat The Power of Global Business Information

1994

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Commerce Steele Germany: ACCESS:  Theory and Practice of Competitor Intelligence

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Commerce Steele ASIDIC: Intelligence Community as a New Market

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Commerce Caldwell International Investigative Market (Slides)

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Commerce Caldwell International Investigative Market (Text)

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Commerce Dedijer Europe's To BI or not to BE: Inventory of a New Business Innovation

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Commerce Elias An Overview of the Information Industry in 1993

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Commerce Fraumann Business is War

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Commerce Herring Business Intelligence: Some Have It, Some Don't–How They Do It

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Commerce Himelfarb Intelligence Requirements for Executives

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Commerce Monaco & Gerliczy Economic Intelligence and Open Source Information

1993

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Commerce Shima Overview of Japanese Media and Information Systems

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Commerce Splitt The U.S. Information Industry: Changing the 21st Century

1993

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Commerce Steele Corporate Role in National Competitiveness

1993

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Commerce Steele The Intelligence Community as a New Market

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Commerce Hlava Information Industry Corporations (Partial Listing)

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Commerce Hlava Selected Professional and Trade Associations in Information

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Commerce Hlava The Information Industry: Impact of Globalization

1992

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Commerce Meyer Business Intelligence at the Cutting Edge

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Commerce Nobel From A to Z: What We've Done with Open Sources

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Commerce Shaker & Kardulias Intelligence Support to U.S. Business

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Commerce Williams OSINT to Create Intelligence in a Commercial Environment