Sociocultural Intelligence: A New Discipline in Intelligence Studies: Continuum Intelligence Studies

Acknowledgements
Foreword
Preface
List of Acronyms

PART I. THEORIES OF SOCIOCULTURAL INTELLIGENCE

1. Understanding Guerilla Warfare for Incorporation of Sociocultural Intelligence
Identification of Sociocultural Intelligence (SOCINT)
The Uniqueness of SOCINT
The Incorporation of SOCINT
The Historical Implementation of SOCINT
The Needs for SOCINT Today

2. Current Research on Sociocultural Intelligence
Counterinsurgency: The People's Wars
Reliance on Technical Intelligence:
Analysts in Today's Intelligence System
The Guillotine of Perception
Tools to Observe
Selling the Concept
Changes in the IC
Internal Overreaction
External Overreaction

3. Professional Practice in Socio Cultural Intelligence
Understanding How We View Ourselves: The Exercise

4. Case Study: Afghanistan
The People
Mohammed's Shop
Mahmood
Travels Through Hell
Paying for Crime
Jailed by the Taliban
A Taste of Freedom
The Afghan Wedding
Taking on New Responsibilities
Learning through Listening


PART II. ETHICS IN SOCIOCULTURAL INTELLIGENCE

5. Understanding Ethics within Sociocultural Intelligence
The Ethical Realities of Understanding Ourselves Internally
The Ethical Realities of Understanding Ourselves Externally
The Ethical Realities of Understanding Others
Ethical Realities to Understanding How Others View Us: The Why of Afghanistan

6. Current Research in Understanding Ethics within Sociocultural Intelligence
The Ethical Intelligence Reality Check
The Art of Ethical Collection
The Ethical Tasks of the Sociocultural Intelligence Operative
Leadership Roles in the Ethical Elements of SOCINT

PART III. CRITICAL THINKING AND SOCIOCULTURAL INTELLIGENCE

7. The Needs for Critical Thinking within Sociocultural Intelligence
Critical Thinking versus Analysis
Technology Dependency
Filling the Gaps of Critical Thought
The Critical Thought Process
Time and Thought
Good Will Hunting Syndrome
Cause and Effect
Incorporation of Critical Thought in SOCINT

8. Current Research in Critical Thinking and Analysis with Sociocultural Intelligence
Sociocultural Intelligence Signs
The Systematic Approach to Understanding
Current Issues with Critical Thinking within the IC
Additional Tools for Critical Thinking and Sociocultural Intelligence
The Joint Environment and its Hindrance on Critical Thought

PART IV. INTELLIGENCE ANALYSIS FOR SOCIOCULTURAL INTELLIGENCE

9. Intelligence Analysis for Sociocultural Intelligence
Linking Everything to Something
Picturing the Link
Netting the Sociocultural Elements

10. Current Research for Analysis with Sociocultural Intelligence
The Sociocultural Intelligence Analyst
Grabbing the Indicators
The Differences of Analysis
Using Pre-existing Methodologies
It's Only History, Not Analysis
Educate Analysts for Success
Initiative, Understanding, and A Little Thought

11. Conclusion
Change in Culture
The Political Movements Within
Bibliography

"Kerry Patton has a passion for improving the security of our country, and for improving how we carry out a vital mission in the Global War on Terror.  Patton has had his boots on the ground, squatted in the dust, ate goat with his hands, and imbibed the culture of our allies and enemies.  He does a valuable service in opening the discussion of applying anthropology (the study of culture) to our greater National Security needs.  This work should be just the first salvo in the battle to confirm the justness of Kerry's approach.  We cannot allow misguided academics to take away a valuable tool in our efforts to do the right thing." --Kent Clizbe, Cross-cultural Humint Expert, Educator, and Commentator
"Kerry Patton provides an in-depth, much needed, and fully analyzed proposal for a newly instituted intelligence discipline known as SOCINT. After operating and living with local Afghans, his supporting evidence matches that which Major General Michael Flynn recently described in his works Fixing Intel: A Blueprint for Making Intelligence Relevant in Afghanistan. With billions of dollars expended and lives of America's finest continuously endangered, there is no better time to incorporate a "Sociocultural Intelligence" discipline in defeating asymmetrical threats. MUST READ!" --Thomas G. McInerney, Lt. Gen. USAF (Ret)
"Patton puts forward an interesting proposal that can improve multidimensional intelligence analysis by focusing on those "hidden" social and cultural aspects we currently ignore. It is clear we need a new type of intelligence officer and  decision-maker that appreciate the value of these intangibles and then commit themselves on collecting,  analyzing and acting upon them in our quest for understanding, and solving the world's problems."--Dalene Duvenage, CEO, 4Knowledge Analysis Solutions, South Africa.
Author Kerry Patton was interviewed by Jamie Colby on Fox News Live on 5 July discussing the just-released 2011 National Counterterrorism Strategy.
Author Kerry Patton has been featured as a national security expert on several Fox News programs over the summer discussing topics on: National Counterterrorism Strategy; the Mumbai attacks and the Taliban using tax payer funds.