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The quest for absolute security : the failed relations among U.S. intelligence agencies / Athan Theoharis.
Van Pelt Library JF1525.I6 T45 2007
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Theoharis, Athan G.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
- United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation.
- Intelligence service--United States--History.
- Intelligence service.
- National security.
- History.
- Internal security.
- United States.
- United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation--History.
- United States. Central Intelligence Agency--History.
- Internal security--United States--History.
- National security--United States--History.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 309 pages ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago : Ivan R. Dee, 2007.
- Summary:
- In its 2004 report on 9/11, the Kean Commission criticized U.S. intelligence for having failed to anticipate the terrorist attacks on New York and Washington. Basing its findings on the premise of absolute security, the commission faulted the FBI for not adopting a creative and aggressive approach to the terrorist threat, and both the FBI and the CIA for their inadequate cooperation. But, says distinguished historian Athan Theoharis in his new book, absolute security is an illusory quest that is certain to nurture disappointment-and worse. His compelling analysis traces the troubled history of relations among American intelligence agencies and points out the historical myopia that characterizes the Kean Commission's findings and recommendations.
- Contents:
- The origins of U.S. intelligence, 1882-1919
- A period of transition, 1919-1936
- The origins of the national security state, 1936-1945 : Part I, domestic intelligence
- The origins of the national security state, 1940-1945 : Part II, foreign intelligence
- Bureaucracy and centralization, 1945-1952
- Secrecy and the loss of accountability, 1952-1965
- The breakdown of the Cold War consensus, 1965-1978
- Reaffirmation of the national security state, 1979-2005
- Hopes and realities.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-293) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781566636971
- 1566636973
- OCLC:
- 123818187
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