Breakdown

Breakdown: How America's Intelligence Failures Led to September 11

Breakdown is a 2003 book by Bill Gertz arguing that U.S. intelligence services "lost sight of [their] purpose and function" due to Clinton administration policies that were more concerned with political correctness than with national defense. Publishers Weekly gave it a mixed review, calling it "an unbalanced but revealing expose on the mistakes, misdirections and blunders behind "the most damaging intelligence failure since Pearl Harbor.

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Author:Bill Gertz
Genre:Non-fiction
Year published:2003
Number of editions:2

Author of Breakdown

Bill Gertz
Bill Gertz

Bill Gertz is an American editor, columnist and reporter for The Washington Times. He is the author of six books and writes a weekly column on the Pentagon and national security issues called "Inside the Ring". During the administration of Bill Clinton Gertz was known for his stories exposing...
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Non-fiction
Non-fiction

Non-fiction is the form of any narrative, account, or other communicative work whose assertions and descriptions are understood to be fact. This...
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    "Breakdown" is of which literary genre?
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    The written work is labeled as- Non-fiction.
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    The book, "Breakdown" covers what subject area?
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    "Breakdown" is of the subject matter category: Military science and Military administration
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    When was the work "Breakdown" first printed?
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    The work debuted in May, 2003.
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    How many pages is the book: "Breakdown"?
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    The book consists of 284 pages.

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