The Threat on the Horizon : An Inside Account of America's Search for Security after the Cold War.
Title:
The Threat on the Horizon : An Inside Account of America's Search for Security after the Cold War.
Author:
Johnson, Loch K.
ISBN:
9780199792436
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (550 pages)
Contents:
Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- A Glossary of Terms -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- PART I: The Beginning -- CHAPTER 1 Uneasy Birth -- CHAPTER 2 Starting Up -- CHAPTER 3 Seeking Answers -- PART II: Seeking Answers -- CHAPTER 4 A New Intelligence Chief -- CHAPTER 5 Down on the Farm -- CHAPTER 6 Weighing the Value of Estimates -- PART III: Leadership Transition -- CHAPTER 7 The Death of a Chairman -- CHAPTER 8 Wobbling Forward -- CHAPTER 9 Brown at the Helm -- PART IV: End Game -- CHAPTER 10 A Second Retreat -- CHAPTER 11 The Final Stretch -- CHAPTER 12 The Commission Reports -- PART V: Reform Unraveled -- CHAPTER 13 In the Commission's Wake -- CHAPTER 14 Intelligence Reform Redux -- Appendix -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z.
Abstract:
In The Threat on the Horizon, eminent national security scholar Loch K. Johnson, who served as US Defense Secretary Lee Aspin's assistant, offers a comprehensive insider's account of the Aspin-Brown Commission of 1995-1996. Based on a close sifting of government documents and media reports, interviews with participants, and, above all, his own eyewitness impressions, Johnson's thorough history offers a unique window onto why the terrorist attacks of 2001 caught the United States by surprise and why the intelligence community failed again in 2002 when it predicted that Iraq possessed weapons of mass destruction.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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