The CIA and the culture of failure : U.S. intelligence from the end of the Cold War to the invasion of Iraq / John Diamond.

Author/creator Diamond, John
Format Book
Publication InfoStanford, Calif. : Stanford Security Series, ©2008.
Descriptionxiv, 536 pages, 10 pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subjects
United States. Central Intelligence Agency--History.
Intelligence service--United States. --History.

Contents The CIA and the end of the Cold War -- Intervention, restraint, and Soviet collapse -- Intelligence and the Persian Gulf War -- Iraq is ten feet tall -- Aldrich Ames and the decline of human intelligence -- Known unknowns -- Targeting bin Laden -- The Malaysia meeting : tracking the hijackers -- Desert mirage.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 511-522) and index.
LCCN 2008011826
ISBN9780804756013 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0804756015 (cloth : alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks JK 468.I6 D53 2008 ✔ Available Place Hold