Subordinating Intelligence

The DoD/CIA Post-Cold War Relationship

David P. Oakley

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The University Press of Kentucky
01 March 2022

Military history: post WW2 conflicts; Military intelligence

Although the global war on terrorism gave the CIA and DoD a common purpose, it was actions taken in the late eighties and early nineties that set the foundation for their current relationship.

Since September 11, 2001, the CIA and DoD have operated together in Afghanistan, Iraq, and during counterterrorism operations. Although the global war on terrorism gave the CIA and DoD a common purpose, it was actions taken in the late eighties and early nineties that set the foundation for their current relationship. Driven by the post--Cold War environment and lessons learned during military operations, policy makers made intelligence support to the military the Intelligence Community's top priority. In response to this demand, the CIA/DoD instituted policy and organizational changes that altered the CIA/DoD relationship. While debates over the future of the Intelligence Community were occurring on Capitol Hill, the CIA and DoD were expanding their relationship in peacekeeping and nation-building operations in Somalia and the Balkans.

By the late 1990s, some policy makers and national security professionals became concerned that intelligence support to military operations had gone too far, weakening the long-term analysis required for strategy and policy development. In Subordinating Intelligence: The DoD/CIA Post--Cold War Relationship, David P. Oakley reveals that, despite these concerns, no major changes to either national intelligence organization or its priorities were implemented. These concerns were forgotten after 9/11, as the United States fought two wars and policy makers increasingly focused on tactical and operational actions. As policy makers became fixated with terrorism and the United States fought in Iraq and Afghanistan, the CIA directed a significant amount of its resources toward global counterterrorism efforts and in support of military operations.

AUTHOR: David P. Oakley is an army officer and former CIA officer who currently serves as an assistant professor at the National Defense University's College of International Security Affairs.

By: David P. Oakley
Imprint: The University Press of Kentucky
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm,
ISBN: 9780813154725
ISBN 10: 0813154723
Pages: 264
Publication Date: 01 March 2022
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Unspecified

David P. Oakley is an army officer and former CIA officer who currently serves as an assistant professor at the National Defense University's College of International Security Affairs.

Reviews for Subordinating Intelligence: The DoD/CIA Post-Cold War Relationship

"""Oakley, a former Army and CIA officer, draws on personal experience, a wealth of government documents, and an impressive array of interviews to produce a sophisticated history of the relationship between the CIA and the Department of Defense over four decades... More than just a history, the book provides a clear framework for how and why change occurred, particularly highlighting the role of influential individuals in positions of power... those interested in the US military and intelligence community will find this valuable and fascinating."" -- A. G. Reiter, Mount Holyoke College, CHOICE, July 2019 ""On 9/11, somnolent Bush administration officials were panicked and chagrined, perhaps none more so than then-secretary of defense Donald Rumsfeld. As David P. Oakley, an American former army and intelligence officer, observes in his...informative Subordinating Intelligence, Rumsfeld and Dick Cheney, the vice president, persuaded Bush to militarise US foreign policy via the 'global war on terrorism'."" -- Survival: Global Politics and Strategy"