The function of intelligence in crisis management: towards an understanding of the intelligence producer-consumer dichotomy

MCCARTHY Shaun P

The function of intelligence in crisis management: towards an understanding of the intelligence producer-consumer dichotomy - Aldershot, Hants: Ashgate Publishing Ltd, 1998 - 311p.

Provides an integrated approach to the theory of the intelligence process and the principles of crisis management. Using terrorism as a crisis phenomenon, analyses the function of intelligence and the reasons behind the intelligence failures during the Reagan Administration's foreign policy initiatives in Lebanon, 1981-85. In particular, examines responses to the bombing of the American Embassy in Beirut; the kidnapping of William Buckley; and the hijacking of TWA flight 847.

1855219352 (hbk.)


CRISIS MANAGEMENT
FOREIGN POLICY
INTELLIGENCE OPERATIONS
TERRORISM
UNITED STATES