Fixing the Facts : National Security and the Politics of Intelligence.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (276 pages)
- Cornell Studies in Security Affairs Series .
- Cornell Studies in Security Affairs Series .
Fixing The Facts -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. A Basic Problem: The Uncertain Role of Intelligence in National Security -- 2. Pathologies of Intelligence-Policy Relations -- 3. Policy Oversell and Politicization -- 4. The Johnson Administration and the Vietnam Estimates -- 5. The Nixon Administration and the Soviet Strategic Threat -- 6. The Ford Administration and the Team B Affair -- 7. Intelligence, Policy, and the War in Iraq -- 8. Politics, Politicization, and the Need for Secrecy -- Appendix A: Pathologies of Intelligence-Policy Relations -- Appendix B: Varieties of Politicization -- Notes -- Index.
Rovner explores the complex interaction between intelligence and policy and shines a spotlight on the problem of politicization.
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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-.