Enemies of Intelligence: Knowledge and Power in American National Security

Richard K. Betts

Paper, 264 pages,
ISBN: 978-0-231-13889-5
$21.50 / £15.00

October, 2007
Cloth, 264 pages,
ISBN: 978-0-231-13888-8
$27.95 / £18.95

"[An] insightful book." — Gregory F. Treverton, The American Interest

"Betts' book provides a much-needed antidote." — Paul R. Pillar, Foreign Affairs

"An original, accessible, and theoretically important work." — James Wirtz, Naval Postgraduate School

"Richard K. Betts has been writing intelligently on intelligence since the 1970s. He now draws on years of scholarship and practical experience to explore how policymakers can be told what they need to know rather than just what they want to hear." — Sir Lawrence Freedman, professor of war studies, King's College, London

"Richard K. Betts's new book shows a deep and sophisticated understanding of how American intelligence really works. It should be required reading for anyone who wants to get beyond the clichés and sound bites so frequently used to describe this complex and vital enterprise." — John McLaughlin, former deputy director of Central Intelligence

Related Subjects

• American Politics
• Security Studies

About the Author

Richard K. Betts is director of the Arnold A. Saltzman Institute of War and Peace Studies at Columbia, senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, and author of numerous books on military strategy and foreign policy. He has served on the National Commission on Terrorism, staffs of the Senate Intelligence Committee and National Security Council, and advisory panels for the Director of Central Intelligence.

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