02740nam 2200685 a 450 991045197330332120200520144314.00-8131-9161-01-283-23297-997866132329770-8131-7196-2(CKB)1000000000461353(EBL)792194(OCoLC)67553698(SSID)ssj0000151811(PQKBManifestationID)11151329(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000151811(PQKBWorkID)10320395(PQKB)10431434(MiAaPQ)EBC792194(OCoLC)643831482(MdBmJHUP)muse13789(Au-PeEL)EBL792194(CaPaEBR)ebr10495373(CaONFJC)MIL323297(EXLCZ)99100000000046135320040316d2004 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrExecutive secrets[electronic resource] covert action and the presidency /William J. Daugherty ; foreword by Mark BowdenLexington University Press of Kentuckyc20041 online resource (327 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8131-3783-7 0-8131-2334-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.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."" A HISTORY BOOK CLUB SELECTION With a Foreword by Mark Bowden, author of Black Hawk DownIntelligence serviceUnited StatesHistory20th centuryPresidentsUnited StatesHistory20th centuryEspionageUnited StatesHistory20th centuryUnited StatesForeign relations1945-1989United StatesForeign relations1989-Electronic books.Intelligence serviceHistoryPresidentsHistoryEspionageHistory327.1273Daugherty William J.1947-475100Bowden Mark459882MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910451973303321Executive secrets2442386UNINA