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Autore: | Daugherty William J. <1947-> |
Titolo: | Executive secrets [[electronic resource] ] : covert action and the presidency / / William J. Daugherty ; foreword by Mark Bowden |
Pubblicazione: | Lexington, : University Press of Kentucky, c2004 |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (327 p.) |
Disciplina: | 327.1273 |
Soggetto topico: | Intelligence service - United States - History - 20th century |
Presidents - United States - History - 20th century | |
Espionage - United States - History - 20th century | |
Soggetto geografico: | United States Foreign relations 1945-1989 |
United States Foreign relations 1989- | |
Altri autori: | BowdenMark |
Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | 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. |
Sommario/riassunto: | "" A HISTORY BOOK CLUB SELECTION With a Foreword by Mark Bowden, author of Black Hawk Down |
Titolo autorizzato: | Executive secrets |
ISBN: | 0-8131-9161-0 |
1-283-23297-9 | |
9786613232977 | |
0-8131-7196-2 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910777531303321 |
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