{"product_id":"threat-on-the-horizon-an-inside-account-of-americas-search-for-security-after-the-cold-war-9780199737178","title":"Threat on the Horizon: An Inside Account of America's Search for Security After the Cold War","description":"The Aspin-Brown Commission of 1995-1996, led by former U.S. Defense Secretaries Les Aspin and Harold Brown, was a landmark inquiry into the activities of America's secret agencies. The purpose of the commission was to help the Central Intelligence Agency and other organizations in the U.S.\u003cbr\u003eintelligence community adapt to the quite different world that had emerged after the end of the Cold War in 1991. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eThe Threat on the Horizon\u003c\/em\u003e, eminent national security scholar Loch K. Johnson, who served as Aspin's assistant, offers a comprehensive insider's account of this inquiry. Based on a close sifting of government documents and media reports, interviews with participants, and, above all, his own\u003cbr\u003eeyewitness impressions, Johnson's thorough history offers a unique window onto why the terrorist attacks of 2001 caught the United States by surprise and why the intelligence community failed again in 2002 when it predicted that Iraq possessed weapons of mass destruction. It will be the first\u003cbr\u003epublished account by an insider of a presidential commission on intelligence--a companion volume to Johnson's acclaimed study of the Church Committee investigation into intelligence in 1975 (\u003cem\u003eA Season of Inquiry\u003c\/em\u003e). This examination of the Aspin-Brown Commission is an invaluable source for anyone\u003cbr\u003einterested in the how the intelligence agencies of the world's most powerful nation struggled to confront new global threats that followed the collapse of the Soviet empire, and why Washington, D.C. was unprepared for the calamities that would soon arise.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Loch K. Johnson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/09\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 560\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.89lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.48h x 6.43w x 1.67d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780199737178\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLoch K. Johnson\u003c\/strong\u003e is the Regents Professor of International Affairs in the School of Public and International Affairs at the University of Georgia. His many books include \u003cem\u003eA Season of Inquiry: The Senate Intelligence Investigation\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem\u003eAmerica's Secret Power: The CIA in a Democratic Society\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem\u003eSeven Sins of\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eAmerican Foreign Policy\u003c\/em\u003e; and \u003cem\u003eBombs, Bugs, Drugs, and Thugs: Intelligence and America's Quest for Security\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press, USA","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":39937646395507,"sku":"9.7802E+12","price":56.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_2d43a810-2d05-44d6-ac5c-2ff9948083af.jpg?v=1647994828","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/threat-on-the-horizon-an-inside-account-of-americas-search-for-security-after-the-cold-war-9780199737178","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}