The Politics of Intelligence and American Wars with Iraq

O. Seliktar

ISBN 10: 0230604536 / ISBN 13: 9780230604537

Edité par Palgrave Macmillan Us Jan 2008, 2008

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This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Coming at the heels of September 11, Operation Iraqi Freedom has focused the limelight on the way in which the United States predicts and manages political change. The failure to find WMD and more important, the continued violence in Iraq instead of the hoped for democracy, has engender an acrimonious debate on the motives of the Bush administration and its uses or misuses of intelligence. The question of who got what right or wrong has been fought out along ideological, and partisan lines, with supporters claiming that, given what was known about Saddam Hussein, the decision to change his regime was justified and detractors arguing that a group of largely Jewish neoconservatives, acting on behalf of Israel, manipulated intelligence in order to trick the United States into an unnecessary and costly war. The book provides a systematic and objective analysis of the problems that faced American intelligence in deciphering the behavior of the highly secretive and confusing Iraq regime and its enigmatic leader. 214 pp. Englisch.

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• Titre: The Politics of Intelligence and American Wars with Iraq
• Éditeur: Palgrave Macmillan Us Jan 2008
• Date de parution: 2008
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0230604536
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780230604537
• Reliure: Buch
• État de l'article: Neu
• Dimensions: 240 L x 165 H x 18 P (en millimètres) 240 millimètres de largeur par 165 millimètres de hauteur par 18 millimètres de profondeur
• Poids: 454 grammes

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Synopsis

Coming at the heels of September 11, Operation Iraqi Freedom has focused the limelight on the way in which the United States predicts and manages political change. The failure to find WMD and more important, the continued violence in Iraq instead of the hoped for democracy, has engender an acrimonious debate on the motives of the Bush administration and its uses or misuses of intelligence. The question of who got what right or wrong has been fought out along ideological, and partisan lines, with supporters claiming that, given what was known about Saddam Hussein, the decision to change his regime was justified and detractors arguing that a group of largely Jewish neoconservatives, acting on behalf of Israel, manipulated intelligence in order to trick the United States into an unnecessary and costly war. The book provides a systematic and objective analysis of the problems that faced American intelligence in deciphering the behavior of the highly secretive and confusing Iraq regime and its enigmatic leader.

À propos de l?auteur

Ofira Seliktar is a Professor of Political Science at Gratz College and Adjunct Professor at Temple University.