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UNINA9910463531603321 |
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Mudd Philip |
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Takedown [[electronic resource] ] : inside the hunt for Al Qaeda / / Philip Mudd |
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Philadelphia, : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2013 |
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[1st ed.] |
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1 online resource (217 p.) |
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Intelligence officers - United States |
Terrorism - Government policy - United States |
Terrorism - United States - Prevention |
War on Terrorism, 2001-2009 |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Monografia |
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Front matter -- Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1. The 9/11 Aftermath -- Chapter 2. A Return to Langley -- Chapter 3. The Spreading Threat: Moving Beyond the Core of Al Qaeda -- Chapter 4. The Second War: The Intelligence Problem of Iraq -- Chapter 5. A New View at CIA : Deputy Director of the Counterterrorist Center -- Chapter 6. The Years of Threat -- Chapter 7. Watching Threats at Home: The FBI Calls -- Chapter 8. One More Transfer: Intelligence at the Department of Homeland Security -- Index |
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On September 11, 2001, as Central Intelligence Agency analyst Philip Mudd rushed out of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building next to the White House, he could not anticipate how far the terror unleashed that day would change the world of intelligence and his life as a CIA officer. For the previous fifteen years, his role had been to interpret raw intelligence and report his findings to national security decision makers. But within weeks of the 9/11 attacks, he would be on a military aircraft, flying over the Hindu Kush mountains, en route to Afghanistan as part of the U.S. government's effort to support the fledging government there after U.S. forces had toppled the Taliban. Later, |
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Mudd would be appointed deputy director of the CIA's rapidly expanding Counterterrorist Center and then senior intelligence adviser at the FBI. A first-person account of Mudd's role in two organizations that changed dramatically after 9/11, Takedown sheds light on the inner workings of the intelligence community during the global counterterror campaign Here Mudd tells how the Al Qaeda threat looked to CIA and FBI professionals as the focus shifted from a core Al Qaeda leadership to the rise of Al Qaeda-affiliated groups and homegrown violent extremism from Europe, the Middle East, and Asia. As a participant in and a witness to key strategic initiatives-including the hunt for Osama bin Laden and efforts to displace the Taliban-Mudd offers an insider's perspective on the relationships between the White House, the State Department, and national security agencies before and after the invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan. Through telling vignettes, Mudd reveals how intelligence analysts understood and evaluated potential dangers and communicated them to political leaders. Takedown is a gripping narrative of tracking terrorism during what may be the most exhilarating but trying times the American intelligence community has ever experienced. |
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UNINA9910819972803321 |
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Titolo |
Sustainable investing for institutional investors : risk, regulations and strategies / / Mirjam Staub-Bisang ; contributing authors Sven Bienert ... [et al.] |
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Singapore ; ; Hoboken, NJ, : Wiley, 2012 |
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9786613620347 |
9781118203194 |
1118203194 |
9781119199137 |
1119199131 |
9781280590511 |
1280590513 |
9781118203187 |
1118203186 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (346 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Institutional investments |
Investment advisors |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Sustainable Investing for Institutional Investors: Risks, Regulations and Strategies; Contents; Foreword: Prof. Dr. Klaus Schwab; Foreword: Dr. Joseph Ackermann; Preface; Acknowledgments; Part I: Fundamentals; Chapter 1: An Introduction to Sustainable Investments; Chapter 2: What Does Sustainability Mean?; Chapter 3: Sustainable Investment Strategies; Chapter 4: The Market for Sustainable Investments; Chapter 5: Risk and Return; Part II: Implementation; Chapter 6: Legal Framework; Chapter 7: Implementation in the Institutional Investment Process |
Part III: Sustainable Investment Strategies Across Asset Classes-Expert |
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Contributions Chapter 8: Fixed Income; Chapter 9: Equities; Chapter 10: Real Estate; Chapter 11: Private Equity/Venture Capital; Chapter 12: Real Assets; Chapter 13: Commodities; Chapter 14: Hedge Funds; Part IV: Sustainable Investment Strategies of Institutional Investors-Case Studies; Chapter 15: Pension Funds; Chapter 16: Insurance Companies; Chapter 17: Charitable Foundations and Trusts; Chapter 18: Family Offices; Appendix; Notes; Readings; About the Authors; Index |
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A comprehensive guide to socially responsible investing (SRI) With concerns about climate change increasing among investors, many are looking for opportunities that offer positive social as well as monetary returns. Sustainable Investing for Institutional Investors: Risk, Regulation and Strategies explores the key issues related to ""Socially Responsible Investment"" (SRI) for institutional investors and trustees, including investment strategies, risk and returns, market data, regulatory frameworks, and more. |
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