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1、P1:KAE0521878152preCUFX131/Russell0521864356printer:cupusbwFebruary28,20078:1ThispageintentionallyleftblankiiP1:KAE0521878152preCUFX131/Russell0521864356printer:cupusbwFebruary28,20078:1SHARPENINGSTRATEGICINTELLIGENCEThisbookcriticallyexaminestheweaknessesofU.S.intelligenceledbytheCentralIn

2、telligenceAgencyininformingpresidentialdecisionmakingonissuesofwarandpeace.ItevaluatestheCIA’sstrategicintelligenceperfor-manceduringtheColdWarandpost–ColdWarperiodsasafoundationforexaminingtherootcausesofintelligencefailuressurroundingthe11Septem-ber2001attacksandassessmentsofIraq’sweapons

3、ofmassdestructionpro-gramsintherun-uptotheIraqWar.Thebookprobestherootcausesoftheseintelligencefailures,whichlieintheCIA’spoorhumanintelligencecollectionandanalysispractices.Thebookarguesthatnoneofthepost–9/11intelligencereformshavesquarelyaddressedtheserootcausesofstrategicintelligencefail

4、ure,anditrecommendsmeasuresforredressingthesedangerousvulner-abilitiesinAmericansecurity.RichardL.RussellisprofessorofnationalsecurityaffairsattheNationalDefenseUniversity’sNearEastandSouthAsiaCenterforStrategicStudies.HealsoholdsacademicappointmentsasadjunctassociateprofessorintheSecurityS

5、tudiesProgramatGeorgetownUniversityandresearchassociateintheInstitutefortheStudyofDiplomacyatGeorgetownUniversity.RussellistheauthorofWeaponsProliferationandWarintheGreaterMiddleEast:StrategicContestandGeorgeF.Kennan’sStrategicThought:TheMakingofanAmericanPoliticalRealist.Heservedseventeeny

6、earsasapolitical-militaryanalystattheCentralIntelligenceAgencywhereheanalyzedsecurityissuesintheMiddleEastandEurope.HereceivednumerousCIAExceptionalPerformanceAwards,twoofwhichwereforhisworkduringtheGulfWarandtheKosovoWar.RussellhasbeeninterviewedonNationalPublicRadio,ABCNews,andCNN,andhisa

7、nalyseshaveappearedinleadingpublica-tionsincludingtheLosAngelesTimes,NewYorkTimes,WallStreetJournal,WashingtonPost,NewRepublic,WeeklyStandard,USAToday,andU.S.NewsandWorldReport.HeholdsaPh.D.inforeignaffairsfromtheUniversityofVirginiaandisamemberoftheInte