Shakespeare for Analysts: Literature and Intelligence: Occasional Paper Number Ten

This paper is an argument and a suggestion. The argument is that what Shakespeare had to say about human behavior in the political and leadership realms is worth reading, and hearing, today. The suggestion is that analysts concerned with understanding the behavior of important individuals- leaders, commanders, supporters, family members, enemies, rivals, inner circle members, opposition figures- should do so. The author contends that Shakespeare should be part of the canon of intelligence literature, a fundamental addition to the works that intelligence professional read.