Constructing Cassandra : reframing intelligence failure at the CIA, 1947-2001 /

The CIA was created in 1947 in large part to prevent another Pearl Harbor. On at least four dramatic occasions, the Agency failed at this task. There has been no shortage of studies to understand how such failures happened. Until now, however, none of the explanations proffered has been fully satisf...

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Autori principali: Jones, Milo, 1967- (Autore), Silberzahn, Philippe (Autore)
Natura: Licensed eBooks
Lingua:inglese
Pubblicazione: Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 2013.
Accesso online:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctvqsdvd5
Sommario:
  • The work of intelligence
  • How the CIA is made
  • The Iranian Revolution
  • The collapse of the USSR
  • The Cuban Missile Crisis
  • The terrorist attacks of September 11th, 2001
  • The CIA and the future of intelligence.