Enemies of intelligence:knowledge and power in American national security

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Betts Richard K 1947-
Published: Columbia University Press,
Publisher Address: New York
Publication Dates: c2007.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
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Carrier Form: xvi, 241 p.: ; 24 cm.
ISBN: 9780231138888 (alk. paper)
0231138881 (alk. paper)
9780231511131 (ebook)
0231511132 (ebook)
Index Number: D771
CLC: D771.235
D771.236
Call Number: D771.236/B565
Contents: "A Caravan book"--T.p. verso.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [195]-228) and index.
Twenty-first-century intelligence: new enemies and old -- Permanent enemies: why intelligence failures are inevitable -- Theory traps: expertise as an enemy -- Incorruptibility or influence? Costs and benefits of politicization -- Two faces of failure: September 11 and Iraq's WMD -- An intelligence reformation? Two faces of reorganization -- Whose knowledge of whom? The conflict of secrets -- Enemies at bay: successful intelligence.