Truth to power : a history of the U.S. National Intelligence Council / edited by Robert Hutchings, Gregory F. Treverton.
Contributor(s): Hutchings, Robert L [editor.]
| Treverton, Gregory F [editor.]Series: Oxford scholarship online: Publisher: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2019Description: 1 online resourceContent type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780190053086 (ebook) :Subject(s): National Intelligence Council (U.S.) -- History | Intelligence service -- United States -- History -- 20th century | Intelligence service -- United States -- History -- 21st centuryAdditional Physical Form: Print version : 9780190940003DDC classification: 327.1273 LOC classification: JK468.I6Online resources: Oxford scholarship online Summary: The National Intelligence Council is a storied but little-understood intelligence agency, responsible for providing both strategic assessments and current intelligence support to senior policymakers in the government. The Council, and this book, trace its lineage back to the Office (and Board) of National Estimates in the 1940s. This history is told through the reflections of the last eight Chairs of the Council, from 1993 to 2017. Each chapter places its particular period of the NIC's history in context and assesses the most important issues with which the NIC grappled during the period.
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Previously issued in print: 2019.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The National Intelligence Council is a storied but little-understood intelligence agency, responsible for providing both strategic assessments and current intelligence support to senior policymakers in the government. The Council, and this book, trace its lineage back to the Office (and Board) of National Estimates in the 1940s. This history is told through the reflections of the last eight Chairs of the Council, from 1993 to 2017. Each chapter places its particular period of the NIC's history in context and assesses the most important issues with which the NIC grappled during the period.
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Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on May 16, 2019).