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The Politics of Intelligence and American Wars with Iraq
O Seliktar
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Description for The Politics of Intelligence and American Wars with Iraq
Hardback. Series: Middle East in Focus. Num Pages: 224 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPA; JPS; JPSD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 477.
Coming at the heels of September 11, Operation Iraqi Freedom has focused the limelight on the way in which the United States predicts and manages political change. The failure to find WMD and more important, the continued violence in Iraq instead of the hoped for democracy, has engender an acrimonious debate on the motives of the Bush administration and its uses or misuses of intelligence. The question of who got what right or wrong has been fought out along ideological, and partisan lines, with supporters claiming that, given what was known about Saddam Hussein, the decision to change his regime ... Read more
Coming at the heels of September 11, Operation Iraqi Freedom has focused the limelight on the way in which the United States predicts and manages political change. The failure to find WMD and more important, the continued violence in Iraq instead of the hoped for democracy, has engender an acrimonious debate on the motives of the Bush administration and its uses or misuses of intelligence. The question of who got what right or wrong has been fought out along ideological, and partisan lines, with supporters claiming that, given what was known about Saddam Hussein, the decision to change his regime ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Series
Middle East in Focus
Number of Pages
214
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780230604537
SKU
V9780230604537
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About O Seliktar
Ofira Seliktar is a Professor of Political Science at Gratz College and Adjunct Professor at Temple University.
Reviews for The Politics of Intelligence and American Wars with Iraq
"While much writing about intelligence and the Iraq war is longon sweeping allegation and conspiracy theories, and short on either evidence or substance, Seliktar. . .breaks the mold with a serious academic study. . .[she] is careful and dispassionate in her treatment of the Iraq war and its aftermath. . .Politics of Intelligence is a masterful account." - Michael Rubin, ... Read more