Why Intelligence Fails - Lessons From the Iranian Revolution and the Iraq War

Informationen zum Autor Robert Jervis Klappentext Jervis examines the politics and psychology of two of the more spectacular intelligence failures in recent memory: the mistaken belief that the regime of the Shah in Iran was secure and stable in 1978, and the 2002 claim that Iraq had active WMD programs. Zusammenfassung Jervis examines the politics and psychology of two of the more spectacular intelligence failures in recent memory: the mistaken belief that the regime of the Shah in Iran was secure and stable in 1978, and the 2002 claim that Iraq had active WMD programs.

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• Authors: Robert Jervis, Robert L. Jervis
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 04.02.2010
• EAN: 9780801447853
• ISBN: 978-0-8014-4785-3
• No. of pages: 248
• Series: Cornell Studies in Security Affairs; Cornell Studies in Security Af
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education