02873nam 2200757 a 450 991097365870332120240514045415.09786613232977978081319161408131916109781283232975128323297997808131719680813171962(CKB)1000000000461353(EBL)792194(OCoLC)67553698(SSID)ssj0000151811(PQKBManifestationID)11151329(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000151811(PQKBWorkID)10320395(PQKB)10431434(OCoLC)643831482(MdBmJHUP)muse13789(Au-PeEL)EBL792194(CaPaEBR)ebr10495373(CaONFJC)MIL323297(MiAaPQ)EBC792194(Perlego)2450403(EXLCZ)99100000000046135320040316d2004 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrExecutive secrets covert action and the presidency /William J. Daugherty ; foreword by Mark Bowden1st ed.Lexington University Press of Kentuckyc20041 online resource (327 p.)Description based upon print version of record.9780813137834 0813137837 9780813123349 0813123348 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-Intelligence serviceHistoryPresidentsHistoryEspionageHistory327.1273Daugherty William J.1947-475100Bowden Mark459882MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910973658703321Executive secrets4359171UNINA