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Fixing the facts [electronic resource] : national security and the politics of intelligence / Joshua Rovner.

By: Rovner, Joshua, 1976-.
Contributor(s): ebrary, Inc.
Series: Cornell studies in security affairs. Publisher: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2011Description: ix, 263 p.Subject(s): Intelligence service -- Political aspects -- United States | National security -- United States | United States -- Foreign relations -- 1945-1989 | United States -- Foreign relations -- 1989-Genre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 327.1273 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
Contents:
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.

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.

Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2011. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.