Privileged and Confidential: The Secret History of the President's Intelligence Advisory Board

Privileged and Confidential: The Secret History of the President's Intelligence Advisory Board
ISBN-10
0813136083
ISBN-13
9780813136080
Category
History
Pages
515
Language
English
Published
2012
Publisher
University Press of Kentucky
Authors
Kenneth Michael Absher, Roman Popadiuk, Michael Charles Desch

Description

This is the first and only study of the PIAB. As foreign policy veterans, the authors trace the board's history from Eisenhower through Obama and evaluate its effectiveness under each president. Created to be an independent panel of nonpartisan experts, the PIAB has become increasingly susceptible to politics in recent years and has lost some of its influence. The authors clearly demonstrate the board's potential to offer a unique and valuable perspective on intelligence issues and not only illuminates a little-known element of U.S. intelligence operations but also offers suggestions for enhancing a critical executive function.

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