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UNINA9910973658703321 |
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Autore |
Daugherty William J. <1947-> |
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Titolo |
Executive secrets : covert action and the presidency / / William J. Daugherty ; foreword by Mark Bowden |
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Lexington, : University Press of Kentucky, c2004 |
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ISBN |
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9786613232977 |
9780813191614 |
0813191610 |
9781283232975 |
1283232979 |
9780813171968 |
0813171962 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (327 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Intelligence service - United States - History - 20th century |
Presidents - United States - History - 20th century |
Espionage - United States - History - 20th century |
United States Foreign relations 1945-1989 |
United States Foreign relations 1989- |
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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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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. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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"" A HISTORY BOOK CLUB SELECTION With a Foreword by Mark Bowden, author of Black Hawk Down |
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