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Douglas MacEachin s analysis of the use of intelligence during the Polish crisis of 1980 81 offers a rare insight into how intelligence impacts on policymaking. This book is a valuable contribution to our understanding of the events leading up to the 1981 martial law. Andrew A. Michta, Rhodes College

Douglas MacEachin has provided a valuable insider s account of the performance of the U.S. intelligence community in an important episode of the Cold War. It is a significant addition to the literature on intelligence analysis. Jeffrey T. Richelson

Douglas MacEachin has provided a valuable insider's account of the performance of the U.S. intelligence community in an important episode of the Cold War. It is a significant addition to the literature on intelligence analysis. --Jeffrey T. Richelson MacEachin asks the right questions and is not afraid of the answers. U.S. Intelligence and the Confrontation in Poland offers a detailed dissection of the structure and functioning of U.S. intelligence in a crisis--from the unique perspective of someone who was intimately involved. It is also a valuable documentation of a turning point in Cold War history. --Donald P. Steury, History The unique value of MacEachin's work lies in its critical account of the information made available on virtually a daily basis to U.S. policy makers through the President's Daily Brief, the National Intelligence Daily, the National Intelligence Estimate, and other documents produced by the CIA and other member agencies of the U.S. Intelligence Community. His book thus provides a record of real-time interaction between Warsaw and Washington as the crisis in Poland developed and reached its peak during the imposition of martial law in December 1981. --Richard T. Davies, Journal of Cold War Studies The book is an excellent analysis of the current intelligence process at work at the national level. It will be of most value to professional scholars of the intelligence process, graduate students in a seminar environment, and intelligence community professionals. --James L. Waite, Perspectives on Political Science Douglas MacEachin's analysis of the use of intelligence during the Polish crisis of 1980-81 offers a rare insight into how intelligence impacts on policymaking. This book is a valuable contribution to our understanding of the events leading up to the 1981 martial law. --Andrew A. Michta, Rhodes College

Douglas MacEachin has provided a valuable insider's account of the performance of the U.S. intelligence community in an important episode of the Cold War. It is a significant addition to the literature on intelligence analysis. --Jeffrey T. Richelson

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Douglas J. MacEachin worked for the Central Intelligence Agency for thirty years, rising to the position of Deputy Director of Intelligence.

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