The Analyst's Style Manual is a product intended to assist student analysts with the many perplexing and complex rules they should follow in producing written intelligence products. The Mercyhurst College Institute for Intelligence Studies Press developed this manual in large part from the CIA Writing Manual, updating some sections and making some modifications to a few guidelines that do not involve hard and fast grammar rules. The MCIIS Press also went to the U.S. Army's Military Writing Reference Book for additional rules and guidelines regarding writing. Following these rules keeps decisionmakers from being distracted by poor writing, spelling or grammar. Doing so also keeps products consistent. Second Printing 2009 |