Constructing Cassandra : reframing intelligence failure at the CIA, 1947-2001

Constructing Cassandra : reframing intelligence failure at the CIA, 1947-2001 / Milo Jones and Philippe Silberzahn.

The CIA was created in 1947 in large part to prevent another Pearl Harbor. On at least four dramatic occasions, the Agency failed at this task. There has been no shortage of studies to understand how such failures happened. Until now, however, none of the explanations proffered has been fully satisf...

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Main Authors: Jones, Milo, 1967- (Author), Silberzahn, Philippe (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 2013.
Subjects:
United States. > Central Intelligence Agency > History.
United States. > Central Intelligence Agency
Intelligence service > United States > History.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > International.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > International Relations > General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom
Intelligence service
United States
History
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Table of Contents:
  • The work of intelligence
  • How the CIA is made
  • The Iranian Revolution
  • The collapse of the USSR
  • The Cuban Missile Crisis
  • The terrorist attacks of September 11th, 2001
  • The CIA and the future of intelligence.

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