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W I L L A R D C . M AT T H I A S

Intelligence Anal ysis and Na

tional Secur ity P

olicy, 1936 –1991

America’s Strategic Blunders

Willard C. Matthias

AMERICA’S

STRATEGIC

BLUNDERS

Intelligence Analysis and National Security Policy, 1936 –1991

The Pennsylvania State University Press

University Park, Pennsylvania

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Matthias, Willard C.

America’s Strategic Blunders : intelligence analysis and national security policy,

1936–1991 / Willard C. Matthias.

cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 0-271-02066-0 (cloth : alk. paper)

1. Intelligence service—United States—History—20th century.

2. United States—Foreign relations—20th century. 3. Cold War. I. Title.

JK468.I6 M42 2001

327.1273'009'045—dc21

00-022029

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Published by The Pennsylvania State University Press,

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