Flawed by Design

Autorentext
Amy B. Zegart is Assistant Professor of Policy Studies in the School of Public Policy and Social Research at the University of California, Los Angeles.

Klappentext
Challenging the belief that national security agencies work well, this book asks what forces shaped the initial design of the Central Intelligence Agency, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the National Security Council in ways that meant they were handicapped from birth.

Inhalt
List of figures; List of tables; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Toward a theory of national security agencies; 2. Origins of the national security council system: a 'brass-knuckle fight to the finish'; 3. Evolution of the national security council system: 'from king's ministers to palace guards'; 4. Origins of the joint chiefs of staff: 'fighting for the very life of the navy'; 5. Evolution of the joint chiefs of staff: 'the swallows return to capistrano'; 6. Origins of the central intelligence agency: 'those spooky boys'; 7. Evolution of the central intelligence agency: 'one of the weakest links in national security'; 8. Conclusion; Appendices; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

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