Sharpening Strategic Intelligence Why the CIA Gets It Wrong and What Needs to Be Done to Get It Right

Name: Sharpening Strategic Intelligence Why the CIA Gets It Wrong and What Needs to Be Done to Get It Right
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ISBN: 9780521702379

ISBN-10: 0521702372

ISBN-13: 9780521702379

Edition: 2007

Authors: Richard L. Russell

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This book critically examines the weaknesses of American intelligence led by the Central Intelligence Agency in informing presidential decision making on issues of war and peace. It evaluates the CIAs strategic intelligence performance during the Cold War and post-Cold War periods as a foundation for examining the root causes of intelligence failures surrounding the September 11th attacks and assessments of Iraqs weapons of mass destruction programs in the run up to the Iraq War. The book probes these intelligence failures, which lie in the CIAs poor human intelligence collection and analysis practices. The book argues that none of the post-9/11 intelligence reforms have squarely addressed…

Book details

List price: $39.99
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 4/9/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 228
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.012
Language: English



Acknowledgments



Strategic Intelligence and American Statecraft



Debunking Cold War Myths



Stumbling after the Cold War



Blundering in the "War on Terrorism"



Spies Who Do Not Deliver



Analysts Who Are Not Experts



Facing Future Strategic Intelligence Challenges


Notes


Selected Bibliography


Index