Subordinating Intelligence: The DoD/CIA Post-Cold War Relationship - Softcover

Oakley, David

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0813154723 ISBN 13: 9780813154725

Publisher: The University Press of Kentucky, 2021

Synopsis

In the late eighties and early nineties, driven by the post–Cold War environment and lessons learned during military operations, United States policy makers made intelligence support to the military the Intelligence Community's top priority. In response to this demand, the CIA and DoD instituted policy and organizational changes that altered their relationship with one another. While debates over the future of the Intelligence Community were occurring on Capitol Hill, the CIA and DoD were expanding their relationship in peacekeeping and nation-building operations in Somalia and the Balkans. By the late 1990s, some policy makers and national security professionals became concerned that intelligence support to military operations had gone too far. In Subordinating Intelligence: The DoD/CIA Post–Cold War Relationship, David P. Oakley reveals that, despite these concerns, no major changes to national intelligence or its priorities were implemented. These concerns were forgotten after 9/11, as the United States fought two wars and policy makers increasingly focused on tactical and operational actions. As policy makers became fixated with terrorism and the United States fought in Iraq and Afghanistan, the CIA directed a significant amount of its resources toward global counterterrorism efforts and in support of military operations.

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About the Author

David P. Oakley is an army officer and former CIA officer who currently serves as an assistant professor at the National Defense University's College of International Security Affairs.

Edition details

• Publisher: The University Press of Kentucky
• Publication date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0813154723
• ISBN 13: 9780813154725
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 262