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Intelligence and U.S. Foreign Policy: Iraq, 9/11, and Misguided Reform
Paul Pillar
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Description for Intelligence and U.S. Foreign Policy: Iraq, 9/11, and Misguided Reform
Paperback. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPSH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 558.
A career of nearly three decades with the CIA and the National Intelligence Council showed Paul R. Pillar that intelligence reforms, especially measures enacted since 9/11, can be deeply misguided. They often miss the sources that underwrite failed policy and misperceive our ability to read outside influences. They also misconceive the intelligence-policy relationship and promote changes that weaken intelligence-gathering operations. In this book, Pillar confronts the intelligence myths Americans have come to rely on to explain national tragedies, including the belief that intelligence drives major national security decisions and can be fixed to avoid future failures. Pillar believes these ... Read more
A career of nearly three decades with the CIA and the National Intelligence Council showed Paul R. Pillar that intelligence reforms, especially measures enacted since 9/11, can be deeply misguided. They often miss the sources that underwrite failed policy and misperceive our ability to read outside influences. They also misconceive the intelligence-policy relationship and promote changes that weaken intelligence-gathering operations. In this book, Pillar confronts the intelligence myths Americans have come to rely on to explain national tragedies, including the belief that intelligence drives major national security decisions and can be fixed to avoid future failures. Pillar believes these ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Weight
557g
Number of Pages
432
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231157933
SKU
V9780231157933
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About Paul Pillar
Paul R. Pillar is a Nonresident Senior Fellow at the Center for Security Studies of Georgetown University and at the Brookings Institution. He served in several senior positions with the CIA and the National Intelligence Council and is a retired army reserve officer. He is the author of Terrorism and U.S. Foreign Policy and Negotiating Peace: War Termination as a ... Read more
Reviews for Intelligence and U.S. Foreign Policy: Iraq, 9/11, and Misguided Reform
[A] rich, useful, and important book.
Thomas Powers New York Times Book Review A thoroughly documented, cogently argued work by an author with vast personal experience of his topic. Kirkus Reviews A vigorous and hard-hitting insider's account,
Lawrence D. Freedman Foreign Affairs Pillar provides a telling and comprehensive new perspective from the inside.
Steve Coll New York ... Read more
Thomas Powers New York Times Book Review A thoroughly documented, cogently argued work by an author with vast personal experience of his topic. Kirkus Reviews A vigorous and hard-hitting insider's account,
Lawrence D. Freedman Foreign Affairs Pillar provides a telling and comprehensive new perspective from the inside.
Steve Coll New York ... Read more