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Jervis, Robert, 1940-

Why intelligence fails : lessons from the Iranian Revolution and the Iraq War / Robert Jervis. - Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2010. - 238 p. ; 25 cm. - Cornell studies in security affairs . - Cornell studies in security affairs. .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 197-227) and index.

Adventures in intelligence -- Failing to see that the Shah was in danger : introduction, postmortem, and CIA comments -- Analysis of NFAC's performance on Iran's domestic crisis, mid-1977-7 November 1978 -- CIA comments on the report -- The Iraq WMD intelligence failure : what everyone knows is wrong -- The politics and psychology of intelligence and intelligence reform.

ISBN: 9780801447853 (cloth : alk. paper)

LCCN: 2009030372

Subjects--Corporate Names:
United States. Central Intelligence Agency --Evaluation--Case studies.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Intelligence service--Evaluation--United States--Case studies.
Iraq War, 2003-2011--Military intelligence--Evaluation.--United States
Weapons of mass destruction--Iraq.
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)--Estados Unidos.
Servicio de inteligencia--Estados Unidos.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Iran--History--Revolution, 1979.

LC Class. No.: JK 468 / J57w 2010

Dewey Class. No.: 355.05/3