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Author Rovner, Joshua, 1976-

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

Imprint Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2011.

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 Axe ProQuest E-Book  Electronic Book    ---  Available
Description ix, 263 p.
Series Cornell studies in security affairs
Cornell studies in security affairs.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject 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.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 9780801448294
9780801463136 (electronic bk.)

 
    
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