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Fixing the facts : national security and the politics of intelligence / Joshua Rovner.

Author/creator Rovner, Joshua, 1976-
Format Book and Print
Publication InfoIthaca [N.Y.] : Cornell University Press, 2011.
Descriptionix, 263 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Subject(s)
Series Cornell studies in security affairs
Cornell studies in security affairs. ^A187491
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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [211]-253) and index.
LCCN 2011005003
ISBN9780801448294 (hbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN0801448298 (hbk. : alk. paper)
Standard identifier# 6968019

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