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Record Nr.

UNINA9910451973303321

Autore

Daugherty William J. <1947->

Titolo

Executive secrets [[electronic resource] ] : covert action and the presidency / / William J. Daugherty ; foreword by Mark Bowden

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lexington, : University Press of Kentucky, c2004

ISBN

0-8131-9161-0

1-283-23297-9

9786613232977

0-8131-7196-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (327 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

BowdenMark

Disciplina

327.1273

Soggetti

Intelligence service - United States - History - 20th century

Presidents - United States - History - 20th century

Espionage - United States - History - 20th century

Electronic books.

United States Foreign relations 1945-1989

United States Foreign relations 1989-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

The role of covert action in intelligence and foreign policy -- The "romances" of covert action -- Covert action policy and pitfalls -- The military and peacetime covert action -- The discipline of covert action -- Approval and review of covert action programs in the modern era -- Harry S. Truman -- Dwight D. Eisenhower -- John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson -- Richard M. Nixon and Gerald R. Ford -- Jimmy Carter -- Ronald W. Reagan -- George H.W. Bush and William J. Clinton -- Conclusion.

Sommario/riassunto

"" A HISTORY BOOK CLUB SELECTION With a Foreword by Mark Bowden, author of Black Hawk Down