Navy Suggested Readings

Joshua Rovners Fixing the Facts: National Security and the Politics of Intelligence (Cornell University Press, 2011) is the recipient of this years International Security Studies Best Book Award. In Fixing the Facts, Rovner explores the modern history of intelligence policy relations and shines a bright light on the risks of politicizing intelligence. His thorough analysis is blended with intriguing historical examples that blend to create a compelling examination of the risks of politicized intelligence. Fixing the Facts describes the many pitfalls that can lead to the manipulation of intelligence to suite policy makers. This outstanding book is a must read for all for military, government and DoD professionals that wish to avoid the sometimes tragic consequences of fixing the facts.

by David Crist For three decades, the United States and Iran have engaged in a secret war. It is a conflict that has never been acknowledged and a story that has never been told. A senior historian for the federal government with unparalleled access to senior officials and key documents of several U.S. administrations, Crist has spent more than ten years researching and writing The Twilight War, and he breaks new ground on virtually every page. He reveals in vivid detail for the first time a number of important stories of military and intelligence operations by both sides, both successes and failures, and their typically unexpected consequences. The Twilight War adds vital new depth to our understanding of this acute dilemma it is also a thrillingly engrossing read, animated by a healthy irony about human failings in the fog of not-quite war.