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Author Daugherty, William J., 1947-

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

Publication Info. Lexington : University Press of Kentucky, [2004]
©2004

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Description 1 online resource (xxiii, 298 pages)
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-275) 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.
Summary "A HISTORY BOOK CLUB SELECTION With a Foreword by Mark Bowden, author of Black Hawk Down.
Access Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL
System Details Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL
Processing Action digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL
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Subject United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
États-Unis. Central Intelligence Agency.
USA / CIA.
USA / Präsident.
Intelligence service -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Intelligence service.
United States.
History.
Chronological Term 20th century
Subject Presidents -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Presidents.
United States -- Foreign relations -- 1945-1989.
International relations.
Chronological Term 1945-1989
Subject United States -- Foreign relations -- 1989-
Chronological Term 1989-
Subject Espionage -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Espionage.
Chronological Term Since 1900
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Other Form: Print version: Daugherty, William J., 1947- Executive secrets. Lexington : University Press of Kentucky, ©2004 0813123348 (DLC) 2004006073 (OCoLC)54778478
ISBN 0813171962 (electronic book)
9780813171968 (electronic book)
9780813137834 (electronic book)
0813137837 (electronic book)
0813123348 (hardcover ; alkaline paper)
9780813123349 (hardcover ; alkaline paper)