Why Intelligence Fails Lessons from the Iranian Revolution and the Iraq War

Name: Why Intelligence Fails Lessons from the Iranian Revolution and the Iraq War
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ISBN: 9780801478062

ISBN-10: 0801478065

ISBN-13: 9780801478062

Edition: 2011

Authors: Robert Jervis

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The U.S. government spends enormous resources each year on the gathering and analysis of intelligence, yet the history of American foreign policy is littered with missteps and misunderstandings that have resulted from intelligence failures. In Why Intelligence Fails, Robert Jervis examines the politics and psychology of two of the more spectacular intelligence failures in recent memory: the mistaken belief that the regime of the Shah in Iran was secure and stable in 1978, and the claim that Iraq had active WMD programs in 2002.The Iran case is based on a recently declassified report Jervis was commissioned to undertake by CIA thirty years ago and includes memoranda written by CIA officials…

Book details

List price: $20.95
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Publication date: 12/22/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 248
Size: 6.10" wide x 9.25" long x 0.70" tall
Weight: 0.748
Language: English