"King Ludwig II of Bavaria was an enigmatic figure who was deposed in 1886, mysteriously drowning three days later. Eccentric to the point of madness, history tells us that in the years before he died Ludwig engaged in a worldwide search for a new kingdom, one separate, apart, and in lieu of Bavaria. A place he could retreat into and rule as he wished. But a question remains: did he succeed Enter Cotton Malone. After many months, Malone's protege,...

This intelligence primer reflects the author's examination of dozens of unclassified government documents on the practice of intelligence over a period of nearly seven years. For the national security intelligence community, it presents a concise distillation and classification of the national intelligence functions. To the private sector, it offers an unprecedented translation into lay terms of national intelligence principles and their application...