Rovner, Joshua.

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.

9780801463136


Intelligence service -- Political aspects -- United States.
National security -- United States.
United States -- Foreign relations -- 1945-1989.
United States -- Foreign relations -- 1989-.


Electronic books.

JK468.I6

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