| The Politics of Intelligence and American Wars with Iraq 2008 Edition Contributor(s): Seliktar, O. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1349372234 ISBN-13: 9781349372232 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $52.24 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2015 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Intelligence & Espionage - Political Science | Public Policy - General - History | United States - 20th Century |
| Dewey: 956.704 |
| Series: Middle East in Focus |
| Physical Information: 0.48" H x 6" W x 9" (0.68 lbs) 214 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 20th Century - Chronological Period - 1980's - Chronological Period - 1990's - Chronological Period - 21st Century - Cultural Region - Middle East |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |