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Autore |
Johnson Loch K. <1942-> |
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Titolo |
The threat on the horizon [[electronic resource] ] : an inside account of America's search for security after the Cold War / / Loch K. Johnson |
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Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2011 |
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ISBN |
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0-19-025245-6 |
1-282-97724-5 |
9786612977244 |
0-19-979243-7 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (550 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Intelligence service - United States |
National security - United States |
Electronic books. |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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pt. 1. The beginning -- pt. 2. Seeking answers -- pt. 3. Leadership transition -- pt. 4. End game -- pt. 5. Reform unraveled. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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The Aspin-Brown Commission of 1995-1996, led by former U.S. Defense Secretaries Les Aspin and Harold Brown, was a landmark inquiry into the activities of America's secret agencies. The purpose of the commission was to help the Central Intelligence Agency and other organizations in the U.S. intelligence community adapt to the quite different world that had emerged after the end of the Cold War in 1991. In The Threat on the Horizon, eminent national security scholar Loch K. Johnson, who served as Aspin's assistant, offers a comprehensive insider's account of this inquiry. Based on a close siftin |
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