Jervis, Robert, 1940-

Why intelligence fails : lessons from the Iranian Revolution and the Iraq War / Robert Jervis. - Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2010. - 238 p. ; 25 cm. - Cornell studies in security affairs . - Cornell studies in security affairs. .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 197-227) and index.

Adventures in intelligence -- Failing to see that the Shah was in danger : introduction, postmortem, and CIA comments -- Analysis of NFAC's performance on Iran's domestic crisis, mid-1977-7 November 1978 -- CIA comments on the report -- The Iraq WMD intelligence failure : what everyone knows is wrong -- The politics and psychology of intelligence and intelligence reform.

9780801447853 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780801478062 (paper : alk. paper)

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United States. Central Intelligence Agency --Evaluation--Case studies.


Intelligence service--Evaluation--United States--Case studies.
Weapons of mass destruction--Iraq.


Iran--History--Revolution, 1979.
Iraq War, 2003---Military intelligence--Evaluation.--United States

JK468.I6 / J48 2010

955.05/3