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America´s Strategic Blunders: Intelligence Analysis and National Security Policy, 1936–1991

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Description for America´s Strategic Blunders: Intelligence Analysis and National Security Policy, 1936–1991 Hardback. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW; JPSH; JWKF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 685.

This survey of more than fifty years of national security policy juxtaposes declassified U. S. national intelligence estimates with recently released Soviet documents disclosing the views of Soviet leaders and their Communist allies on the same events. Matthias shows that U. S. intelligence estimates were usually correct but that our political and military leaders generally ignored them—with sometimes disastrous results. The book begins with a look back at the role of U. S. intelligence during World War II, from Pearl Harbor through the plot against Hitler and the D-day invasion to the "unconditional surrender" of Japan, and reveals how better ... Read more

While not exonerating the CIA for its own mistakes, Matthias casts new light on the contributions that objective intelligence analysis did make during the Cold War and speculates on what might have happened if that analysis and advice had been heeded.

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Pennsylvania State University Press United States
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
Number of Pages
376
Place of Publication
Pennsylvania, United States
ISBN
9780271020662
SKU
V9780271020662
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Ref
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About Willard C. Matthias
Willard C. Matthias began his career in intelligence during World War II deciphering "ultra" codes for the Military Intelligence Division of the War Department General Staff. He joined the CIA's Office of the National Estimates when it opened in 1950 at the start of the Korean War and rose to become a member of the Board of National Estimates in ... Read more

Reviews for America´s Strategic Blunders: Intelligence Analysis and National Security Policy, 1936–1991
“A direct participant in some of the key intelligence disputes of the age, Willard Matthias provides us with both an inside account and a comparison with newly revealed Russian documents. This important work may open our eyes anew.” —John Prados,Author of Presidents’ Secret Wars: CIA and Pentagon Covert Operations from World War II Through the Persian Gulf “This ... Read more

Goodreads reviews for America´s Strategic Blunders: Intelligence Analysis and National Security Policy, 1936–1991


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