LEADER 03974nam 2200721 a 450 001 9910456550703321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-8014-6314-9 010 $a0-8014-6313-0 024 7 $a10.7591/9780801463136 035 $a(CKB)2550000000043033 035 $a(OCoLC)753324071 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10488672 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000529812 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11364781 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000529812 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10561148 035 $a(PQKB)11711964 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0001495648 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3138236 035 $a(OCoLC)1080549011 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse58428 035 $a(DE-B1597)478271 035 $a(OCoLC)956658886 035 $a(OCoLC)979744036 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780801463136 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3138236 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10488672 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL768211 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000043033 100 $a20110202d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aFixing the facts$b[electronic resource] $enational security and the politics of intelligence /$fJoshua Rovner 210 $aIthaca $cCornell University Press$d2011 215 $a1 online resource (275 p.) 225 1 $aCornell studies in security affairs 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a1-5017-0073-1 311 $a0-8014-4829-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aA 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. 330 $aWhat is the role of intelligence agencies in strategy and policy? How do policymakers use (or misuse) intelligence estimates? When do intelligence-policy relations work best? How do intelligence-policy failures influence threat assessment, military strategy, and foreign policy? These questions are at the heart of recent national security controversies, including the 9/11 attacks and the war in Iraq. In both cases the relationship between intelligence and policy broke down-with disastrous consequences.In Fixing the Facts, Joshua Rovner explores the complex interaction between intelligence and policy and shines a spotlight on the problem of politicization. Major episodes in the history of American foreign policy have been closely tied to the manipulation of intelligence estimates. Rovner describes how the Johnson administration dealt with the intelligence community during the Vietnam War; how President Nixon and President Ford politicized estimates on the Soviet Union; and how pressure from the George W. Bush administration contributed to flawed intelligence on Iraq. He also compares the U.S. case with the British experience between 1998 and 2003, and demonstrates that high-profile government inquiries in both countries were fundamentally wrong about what happened before the war. 410 0$aCornell studies in security affairs. 606 $aIntelligence service$xPolitical aspects$zUnited States 606 $aNational security$zUnited States 607 $aUnited States$xForeign relations$y1945-1989 607 $aUnited States$xForeign relations$y1989- 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aIntelligence service$xPolitical aspects 615 0$aNational security 676 $a327.1273 700 $aRovner$b Joshua$f1976-$0782928 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910456550703321 996 $aFixing the facts$91738826 997 $aUNINA