Constructing Cassandra - Reframing Intelligence Failure at the CIA, 1947-2001 (Hardcover, New)

"Constructing Cassandra" analyzes the intelligence failures at the CIA that resulted in four key strategic surprises experienced by the US: the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962, the Iranian revolution of 1978, the collapse of the USSR in 1991, and the 9/11 terrorist attacks--surprises still play out today in U.S. policy. Although there has been no shortage of studies exploring how intelligence failures can happen, none of them have been able to provide a unified understanding of the phenomenon.
To correct that omission, this book brings culture and identity to the foreground to present a unified model of strategic surprise; one that focuses on the internal make-up the CIA, and takes seriously those Cassandras who offered warnings, but were ignored. This systematic exploration of the sources of the CIA's intelligence failures points to ways to prevent future strategic surprises.

General

Imprint:	Stanford University Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	August 2013
First published:	2013
Authors:	Milo Jones • Philippe Silberzahn
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 23mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Cloth / Cloth
Pages:	392
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-0-8047-8580-8
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political control & freedoms > General
LSN:	0-8047-8580-5
Barcode:	9780804785808

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