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020 _a1855219352 (hbk.)
100 1 _aMCCARTHY Shaun P
245 0 _aThe function of intelligence in crisis management:
_btowards an understanding of the intelligence producer-consumer dichotomy
260 _aAldershot, Hants:
_bAshgate Publishing Ltd,
_c1998
300 _a311p.
520 3 _aProvides 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.
650 _aCRISIS MANAGEMENT
650 _aFOREIGN POLICY
650 _aINTELLIGENCE OPERATIONS
650 _aTERRORISM
650 _aUNITED STATES
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_d43858