Robert Jervis, Why Intelligence Fails: Lessons from the Iranian Revolution and the Iraq War (Book Review)

In the aftermath of the us invasion of iraq, the blame game regarding the problematic motives of the attack as well as the less than perfect outcome has been a growing industry in the united states. ofparticular focus has been the performance of the u.s. (and british) intelligence in collecting and evaluating information about iraqi weapons of mass destruction programs. the reliability of sources has been questioned with suggestions that human intelligence were purposefully made deceptive by the iraqi intelligence and security services, while exiles and defectors provided other intelligence seeking to influence u.s. policy.