TY - BOOK AU - MCCARTHY Shaun P TI - The function of intelligence in crisis management: towards an understanding of the intelligence producer-consumer dichotomy SN - 1855219352 (hbk.) PY - 1998/// CY - Aldershot, Hants PB - Ashgate Publishing Ltd KW - CRISIS MANAGEMENT KW - FOREIGN POLICY KW - INTELLIGENCE OPERATIONS KW - TERRORISM KW - UNITED STATES N2 - 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 ER -