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Author Daugherty, William J., 1947-

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

Imprint Lexington : University Press of Kentucky, c2004.

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Description xxvii, 298 p.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
Intelligence service -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Presidents -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Espionage -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
United States -- Foreign relations -- 1945-1989.
United States -- Foreign relations -- 1989-
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Bowden, Mark.
ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 0813123348 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9780813123349
9780813171968 (electronic bk.)

 
    
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