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Executive secrets : covert action and the presidency /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Daugherty, William J., 1947-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Lexington : University Press of Kentucky, [2004]
Subjects:
United States. > Central Intelligence Agency.
Espionage > United States > History > 20th century.
Presidents > United States > History > 20th century.
Intelligence service > United States > History > 20th century.
United States > Foreign relations > 1989-
United States > Foreign relations > 1945-1989.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of 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.