Enemies of intelligence : knowledge and power in American national security / Richard K. Betts.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Betts, Richard K., 1947-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Intelligence service--United States.

Intelligence service.

National security--United States.

National security.

Terrorism--United States--Prevention.

Terrorism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (265 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Columbia University Press, c2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The tragic events of September 11, 2001, and the false assessment of Saddam Hussein's weapons arsenal were terrible reminders that good information is essential to national security. These failures convinced the American public that their intelligence system was broken and prompted a radical reorganization of agencies and personnel, but as Richard K. Betts argues in this book, critics and politicians have severely underestimated the obstacles to true reform. One of the nation's foremost political scientists, Betts draws on three decades of work within the U.S. intelligence community to illumin

Contents:

""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""1""; ""2""; ""3""; ""4""; ""5""; ""6""; ""7""; ""8""; ""Notes""; ""Index""

Notes:

"A Caravan book"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [195]-228) and index.

ISBN:

9786612872044

9781282872042

1282872044

9780231511131

0231511132

OCLC:

729029571