{"product_id":"fixing-the-facts-joshua-rovner-9781501700736","title":"Fixing the Facts: National Security and the Politics of Intelligence","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhat is the role of intelligence agencies in strategy and policy? How do policymakers use (or misuse) intelligence estimates? When do intelligence-policy relations work best? How do intelligence-policy failures influence threat assessment, military strategy, and foreign policy? These questions are at the heart of recent national security controversies, including the 9\/11 attacks and the war in Iraq. In both cases the relationship between intelligence and policy broke down--with disastrous consequences.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eFixing the Facts\u003c\/i\u003e, Joshua Rovner explores the complex interaction between intelligence and policy and shines a spotlight on the problem of politicization. Major episodes in the history of American foreign policy have been closely tied to the manipulation of intelligence estimates. Rovner describes how the Johnson administration dealt with the intelligence community during the Vietnam War; how President Nixon and President Ford politicized estimates on the Soviet Union; and how pressure from the George W. Bush administration contributed to flawed intelligence on Iraq. He also compares the U.S. case with the British experience between 1998 and 2003, and demonstrates that high-profile government inquiries in both countries were fundamentally wrong about what happened before the war.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Joshua Rovner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1501700731\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781501700736\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Cornell University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/03\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 280\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 5.90w x 0.70d","brand":"Joshua Rovner","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43979756798207,"sku":"9781501700736","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f95f8356-b616-4829-938f-66760e3f802e.jpg?v=1683246791","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/fixing-the-facts-joshua-rovner-9781501700736","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}