Fixing the Facts : : National Security and the Politics of Intelligence /

Fixing the Facts : : National Security and the Politics of Intelligence / / Joshua Rovner.

Show other versions (1)

What is the role of intelligence agencies in strategy and policy? How do policymakers use (or misuse) intelligence estimates? When do intelligence-policy relations work best? How do intelligence-policy failures influence threat assessment, military strategy, and foreign policy? These questions are a...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Backlist 2000-2013
VerfasserIn:
Rovner, Joshua,
Place / Publishing House:Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2011]
©2015
Year of Publication:2011
Language:English
Series:Cornell Studies in Security Affairs
Online Access:
Physical Description:1 online resource (280 p.) :; 1 line drawing, 5 tables
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • 1. A Basic Problem: The Uncertain Role of Intelligence in National Security
  • 2. Pathologies of Intelligence-Policy Relations
  • 3. Policy Oversell and Politicization
  • 4. The Johnson Administration and the Vietnam Estimates
  • 5. The Nixon Administration and the Soviet Strategic Threat
  • 6. The Ford Administration and the Team B Affair
  • 7. Intelligence, Policy, and the War in Iraq
  • 8. Politics, Politicization, and the Need for Secrecy
  • Appendix A: Pathologies of Intelligence-Policy Relations
  • Appendix B: Varieties of Politicization
  • Notes
  • Index

Similar Items