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It also evaluates the intelligence coordination structures associated with the period and assesses the challenges and outcomes surrounding President Ford’s approach. Extensive references and archival-based research underpin the analysis.","The Year of Intelligence in the United States  \nPublic Opinion, National Security, and the 1975 Church Committee  \nDafydd Townley  \nThe Year of Intelligence in the United States  \nDafydd Townley  \nThe Year of Intelligence in the United States  \nPublic Opinion, National Security, and the 1975 Church Committee  \nDafydd Townley Department of History University of Reading Reading, Berkshire, UK  \nISBN 978-3-030-67645-2 ISBN 978-3-030-67646-9 (eBook)  \n[https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-67646-9](https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-67646-9)  \n© The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021  \nThis work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed.  \nThe use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, expressed or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations.  \nThis Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by the registered company Springer Nature Switzerland AG.  \nThe registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland  \nAcknowledgements  \nA monograph is not the result of one person’s work, despite its description. Like every other book, this research could not have been completed without the support and guidance of numerous individuals from its conception in 2013 to the date ofits publication.  \nPrincipal among these has been my mentor at the University of Reading, Dr Mara Oliva who has provided support, guidance, and inspiration from day one to publication. In addition, my colleagues in the Department of History at Reading have offered nothing but encouragement since my arrival in 2015. My moments of self-doubt have been dispersed by numerous corridor-chats and informal discussions over coffee in various buildings of the Whiteknights campus. Chief among those dispensing counsel have been Prof Emily West, Dr Richard Blakemore, Dr Ruth Salter, Dr Darius Wainwright, and Dr Charlie Crouch. Thanks must also go to Prof Iwan Morgan of University College London’s Institute of the Americas, Prof Mark White of Queen Mary’s, University of London, and Prof Phil Davies, former director of the British Library’s Eccles Centre, for their welcome frank advice. Special thanks to Dr Malcolm Craig of Liverpool John Moores University, who has always been enthusiastic about my research and has offered invaluable advice on the draft manuscript and life in general.  \nIn addition to the counsel of those mentioned above, the financial support of several bodies needs to be recognised without which I would not have been able to conduct my archival research. Firstly, the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Foundation whose generous support allowed me to visit the  \nvi ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS  \npresidential library in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Secondly, the American Politics Group for kindly awarding me the Ros Davies Memorial Travel Grant. 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