Executive secrets : covert action and the presidency / / William J. Daugherty ; foreword by Mark Bowden
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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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| Pubblicazione: | Lexington, : University Press of Kentucky, c2004 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| 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
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| 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: | 9786613232977 |
| 9780813191614 | |
| 0813191610 | |
| 9781283232975 | |
| 1283232979 | |
| 9780813171968 | |
| 0813171962 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910973658703321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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