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Area Intelligence Handbook: An Intelligence Analyst's Guide to the Area Study
Mike Shelby created the Area Study process over a decade ago to give Americans a proven way to understand their surroundings before a crisis hits. Since then, thousands of students have used it to prepare for natural disasters, civil unrest, systemic breakdowns, and other national crises, at home and abroad.The Area Intelligence Handbook is the definitive guide to building a real-world intelligence picture of your local area. Whether you’re concerned about a hurricane, blackout, breakdown in law and order, or something worse, you need to know two
1. What you're up against
2. What you have to work with
That’s what the Area Study delivers. And this book shows you step-by-step how to do it.
If you’ve ever
“What exactly should I include in my Area Study?”
“How do I organize and analyze all this information?”
“What if I’m missing something critical?”
You’re not alone—and this book was written to answer those questions.
Inside, I take you step-by-step through the full Area Study process, sharing practical tools, tips, and frameworks I developed through years of real-world intelligence work on three continents, including multiple deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan.
Whether you’re brand new to emergency preparedness or already deep in the process, everything is driven by local intelligence. That's why you start with an Area Study.
If you’re serious about preparedness, security, or becoming the local intelligence officer when things go sideways—this is where you start.
1. What you're up against
2. What you have to work with
That’s what the Area Study delivers. And this book shows you step-by-step how to do it.
If you’ve ever
“What exactly should I include in my Area Study?”
“How do I organize and analyze all this information?”
“What if I’m missing something critical?”
You’re not alone—and this book was written to answer those questions.
Inside, I take you step-by-step through the full Area Study process, sharing practical tools, tips, and frameworks I developed through years of real-world intelligence work on three continents, including multiple deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan.
Whether you’re brand new to emergency preparedness or already deep in the process, everything is driven by local intelligence. That's why you start with an Area Study.
If you’re serious about preparedness, security, or becoming the local intelligence officer when things go sideways—this is where you start.
200 pages, Kindle Edition
Published May 6, 2025
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