Executive secrets [electronic resource] : covert action and the presidency / William J. Daugherty ; foreword by Mark Bowden.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Lexington : University Press of Kentucky, c2004.Description: xxvii, 298 pSubject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 327.1273 22
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  • JK468.I6 D38 2004eb
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Contents:
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.
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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.

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