Rovner, Joshua, 1976-

Fixing the facts national security and the politics of intelligence / [electronic resource] : Joshua Rovner. - Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2011. - ix, 263 p. - Cornell studies in security affairs . - Cornell studies in security affairs. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

A basic problem : the uncertain role of intelligence in national security -- Pathologies of intelligence-policy relations -- Policy oversell and politicization -- The Johnson administration and the Vietnam estimates -- The Nixon administration and the Soviet strategic threat -- The Ford administration and the Team B affair -- Intelligence, policy, and the war in Iraq -- Politics, politicization, and the need for secrecy.


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Intelligence service--Political aspects--United States.
National security--United States.


United States--Foreign relations--1945-1989.
United States--Foreign relations--1989-


Electronic books.

JK468.I6 / R687 2011eb

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