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UNINA9910845068203321 |
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Autore |
Johnson Loch K. <1942-> |
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Titolo |
Bombs, bugs, drugs, and thugs : intelligence and America's quest for security / / Loch K. Johnson |
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New York, : New York University Press, c2000 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xxi, 298 p. ) : ill. ; |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Intelligence service - United States |
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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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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 265-286) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Part I: An intelligence agenda for a new world -- A planet bristling with bombs and missiles -- Stocks and (James) Bonds: spies in the global marketplace -- The greening of intelligence -- Spies versis germs: a worldwide resurgence of bugs -- Part II: Strategic intelligence: fissures in the first line of defense -- The DCI and the eight-hundred-pound gorilla -- Spending for spies -- Sharing the intelligence burden -- Part III: Smart intelligence--and accountable -- More intelligent intelligence -- Balancing liberty and security -- Appendix: America's intelligence leadership, 1941-2000. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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"Ranging widely over such controversial topics as the intelligence role of the United Nations and whether assassination should be a part of America's foreign policy, Loch Johnson here maps out a critical and prescriptive vision of the future of American intelligence."--Jacket. |
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