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

Informationen zum Autor Robert Jervis is Adlai E. Stevenson Professor of International Politics at Columbia University. He is the author of many books, including The Meaning of the Nuclear Revolution , also from Cornell, and, most recently, American Foreign Policy in a New Era. 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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• Autori: Robert Jervis, Robert L. Jervis
• Editore: Cornell University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 04.02.2010
• EAN: 9780801447853
• ISBN: 978-0-8014-4785-3
• Pagine: 277
• Serie: Cornell Studies in Security Affairs; Cornell Studies in Security Af
• Categorie: Saggistica > Storia > Altro; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze politiche > Scienze politiche e cittadinanza attiva