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UNISA996582055403316 |
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Johnson Loch K |
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Bombs, Bugs, Drugs, and Thugs [[electronic resource] ] : Intelligence and America's Quest for Security |
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0-8147-3890-7 |
0-8147-7173-4 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (298 p.) |
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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 contenuto |
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""Cover Page""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Dedication""; ""Contents""; ""A New Preface by the Author""; ""Preface""; ""List of Figures""; ""List of Abbreviations""; ""Introduction""; ""Part I: An Intelligence Agenda for a New World""; ""1. A Planet Bristling with Bombs and Missiles""; ""2. Stocks and (James) Bonds: Spies in the Global Marketplace""; ""3. The Greening of Intelligence""; ""4. Spies versus Germs: A Worldwide Resurgence of Bugs""; ""Part II: Strategic Intelligence: Fissures in the First Line of Defense""; ""5. The DCI and the Eight-Hundred-Pound Gorilla"" |
""6. Spending for Spies""""7. Sharing the Intelligence Burden""; ""Part III: Smart Intelligence�and Accountable""; ""8. More Intelligent Intelligence""; ""9. Balancing Liberty and Security""; ""Appendix: America�s Intelligence Leadership, 1941�2000""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""; ""About the Author"" |
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Recent years have seen numerous books about the looming threat posed to Western society by biological and chemical terrorism, by narcoterrorists, and by the unpredictable leaders of rogue nations. Some of these works have been alarmist. Some have been sensible and measured. But none has been by Loch Johnson. Johnson, author of the acclaimed Secret Agencies and ""an experienced overseer of intelligence"" (Foreign Affairs), here examines the present state and future challenges of American strategic intelligence. Written in his trademark style--dubbed ""highly readable"" by Publishers Weekly-- |
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