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Why Intelligence Fails

Paperback • 2011 • English • 1. edition

Why Intelligence Fails

By Robert Jervis, Robert L. Jervis

1 Ratings • 5.0 of 5

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About the book

Jervis examines the politics and psychology of two of the more spectacular intelligence failures in recent memory: the mistaken belief that the regime of the Shah in Iran was secure and stable in 1978, and the 2002 claim that Iraq had active WMD programs.

Book details

ISBN

9780801478062

Publisher

Cornell University Press

Published year

2011

Language

English

Edition

1

Original title

Why Intelligence Fails

Format

Paperback

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