{"product_id":"commissions-of-inquiry-and-national-security-9780313384684","title":"Commissions of Inquiry and National Security","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis text presents a comparative, international study of commissions of inquiry that have been convened in response to extraordinary failures and scandals.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn recent years, commissions of inquiry have been common to the politics of the United States, Britain, Canada, and Australia.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1 Toward the Comparative Study of National Security Commissions of Inquiry \u003ci\u003eStuart Farson and Mark Phythian\u003c\/i\u003e 2 Influence without Power: Commissions of Inquiry and the Australian Intelligence Community \u003ci\u003eAndrew O'Neil\u003c\/i\u003e 3 Public Inquiries in Canada: Making Espionage, Organizational Culture, Wrongdoing, and Mass Murder More Transparent \u003ci\u003eStuart Farson and Reg Whitaker\u003c\/i\u003e 4 The Politics of Commissions of Inquiry into Security and Intelligence Controversies in Britain \u003ci\u003eMark Phythian\u003c\/i\u003e 5 Inquiring into Dirty Wars: A \"Huge Smokescreen of Humbug\"? \u003ci\u003ePeter Gill\u003c\/i\u003e 6 The Role of Judges \u003ci\u003eIan Leigh\u003c\/i\u003e 7 The Politics of U.S. National Security Commissions \u003ci\u003eKenneth Kitts\u003c\/i\u003e 8 Investigative Oversight of the American Intelligence Community: Promise and Performance \u003ci\u003eGlenn Hastedt\u003c\/i\u003e 9 Commissions of Inquiry as Agents of Change in the Israeli Intelligence Community \u003ci\u003eShlomo Shpiro\u003c\/i\u003e 10 Legislative Commissions of Inquiry in Spain \u003ci\u003eAntonio M. Díaz Fernández\u003c\/i\u003e 11 Cover Up or Dig Up? Inquiries into Security Services in Welfare States: The Cases of Norway, Sweden, and Denmark \u003ci\u003eJanne Flyghed\u003c\/i\u003e 12 Commissions of Inquiry in South Africa's Intelligence History 1960–2005 \u003ci\u003eKevin A. O'Brien\u003c\/i\u003e 13 Commissions of Inquiry into National Security and Defense Affairs in the Southern Cone: The Cases of Argentina and Chile \u003ci\u003eJosé Manuel Ugarte\u003c\/i\u003e 14 European Parliament and Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe Inquiries into Intelligence and Security Issues \u003ci\u003eAidan Wills\u003c\/i\u003e 15 The United Nations Iraq Oil-for-Food Inquiry \u003ci\u003eReid Morden\u003c\/i\u003e 16 Inside a National Security Inquiry: The Aspin-Brown Commission at Work \u003ci\u003eLoch K. Johnson\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eSelected Bibliography\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eIndex\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eAbout the Contributors\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury USA 3pl","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51767369498967,"sku":"9780313384684","price":57.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780313384684.jpg?v=1758713084","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/commissions-of-inquiry-and-national-security-9780313384684","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}