American Covert Operations
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American Covert Operations
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Author : J. Ransom Clark
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Release Date : 2015-07-14
American Covert Operations written by J. Ransom Clark and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-07-14 with Political Science categories.
Traces our country's long history of covert and special operations, focusing on the similarities and differences in the practice from the Revolutionary War to the present. Long before the creation of the CIA, the American government utilized special intelligence strategies with varying degrees of success. Even though critics throughout time have questioned the effectiveness and legitimacy of these tactics, presidents from George Washington to Barack Obama have employed secret operations to benefit the nation's best interest. This book follows America's history of intelligence gathering, undercover operations, and irregular warfare. Through chronologically organized chapters, the author examines secret military maneuvers, highlighting the elements common to covert and special operations across historical eras, and concluding with a chapter on national security since the attacks of September 11, 2001.
Covert Action In The Cold War
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Author : James Callanan
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2009
Covert Action In The Cold War written by James Callanan and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with categories.
Hostile Intent
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Author : Kristian Gustafson
language : en
Publisher: Potomac Books, Inc.
Release Date : 2007
Hostile Intent written by Kristian Gustafson and has been published by Potomac Books, Inc. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with History categories.
Kristian Gustafson's Hostile Intent reexamines one of the most controversial chapters in U.S. intelligence history, the Central Intelligence Agency's covert operations in Chile from 1964 to 1974. At the request of successive U.S. presidents, the CIA in conjunction with the State Department and the Defense Intelligence Agency first acted to prevent Chilean socialist Salvador Allende from becoming the democratically elected president of his country and then tried to undermine his government once he was in office. Allende's government eventually fell in a bloody military coup on September 11, 1973. President Richard Nixon's administration and corporate interests were not sorry to see him go, but did U.S. covert operations actually play a decisive role in Allende's downfall? The declassification of thousands of U.S. government documents over the last several years demands that historians take a new look. Since 1973, most observers have maintained that U.S. machinations were responsible for the success of Gen. Augusto Pinochet's coup that forced Allende's fall and suicide. This assessment has been based on a thin documentary record of U.S. activity, the myth of an all-powerful CIA, and the CIA's checkered history of covert action in Latin America. However, Gustafson convincingly shows the conventional wisdom about the impact of U.S. actions is badly flawed. His meticulous research is based upon an intensive examination of previously unavailable U.S. records as well as interviews with key figures. Hostile Intent is the most comprehensive account to date of U.S. involvement in Chile, and its provocative reinterpretation of this involvement will shape all future debates.
Us Covert Operations And Cold War Strategy
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Author : Sarah-Jane Corke
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2007-09-12
Us Covert Operations And Cold War Strategy written by Sarah-Jane Corke and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-09-12 with History categories.
Based on recently declassified documents, this book provides the first examination of the Truman Administration’s decision to employ covert operations in the Cold War. Although covert operations were an integral part of America’s arsenal during the late 1940s and early 1950s, the majority of these operations were ill conceived, unrealistic and ultimately doomed to failure. In this volume, the author looks at three central questions: Why were these types of operations adopted? Why were they conducted in such a haphazard manner? And, why, once it became clear that they were not working, did the administration fail to abandon them? The book argues that the Truman Administration was unable to reconcile policy, strategy and operations successfully, and to agree on a consistent course of action for waging the Cold War. This ensured that they wasted time and effort, money and manpower on covert operations designed to challenge Soviet hegemony, which had little or no real chance of success. US Covert Operations and Cold War Strategy will be of great interest to students of US foreign policy, Cold War history, intelligence and international history in general.
Covert Action
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Author : Gregory F. Treverton
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1988
Covert Action written by Gregory F. Treverton and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1988 with United States categories.
United States Central Intelligence Agency.
The Third Option
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Author : Loch K. Johnson
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2022
The Third Option written by Loch K. Johnson and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022 with Political Science categories.
Introduction: The subterranean world of clandestine interventions -- The forms of covert action -- A ladder of clandestine escalation -- A shadowy foreign policy, 1947-1960 -- Murder most foul, 1960-1975 -- A new approach to covert action, 1975-2000 -- The third option in an age of terror, 2000-2020 -- Legal foundations -- Decision paths and accountability -- Drawing bright lines : ethics and covert action -- The third option reconsidered.
The Need To Know
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Author : Allan E. Goodman
language : en
Publisher: Twentieth Century Foundation
Release Date : 1992
The Need To Know written by Allan E. Goodman and has been published by Twentieth Century Foundation this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992 with History categories.
This report offers new assumptions for the new era in American Foreign affairs in light of the bold changes that occurred throughout the world during the early nineties.
Secret And Sanctioned
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Author : Stephen F. Knott
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Release Date : 1996
Secret And Sanctioned written by Stephen F. Knott and has been published by Oxford University Press, USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996 with History categories.
This eye-opening account reveals that covert intelligence operations in the U.S. date much farther back than most people realize--back to the Founding Fathers. Detailing clandestine, unscrupulous operations that took place under such presidents as Washington, Jefferson, Polk, and Lincoln, Knott reveals that presidents have rarely consulted Congress before engaging in such operations.
Regulating Covert Action
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Author : William Michael Reisman
language : en
Publisher: Yale University Press
Release Date : 1992-01-01
Regulating Covert Action written by William Michael Reisman and has been published by Yale University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992-01-01 with Law categories.
Covert activity has always been a significant element of international politics. This book attempts to assess the lawfulness of covert action under US and international law and faces the implications for democratic states that covert operations pose.
The Cia S Secret Operations
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Author : Harry Rositzke
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2019-07-09
The Cia S Secret Operations written by Harry Rositzke and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-07-09 with Political Science categories.
I am grateful to those of my colleagues in this first generation of American "spymasters" who were willing to share their experiences with me even after I retired to my unclassified farm . I am indebted to Howard Roman , who worked with Allen Dulles on his intelligence writings , for his assistance in the preparation of the early chapters, and to Nancy Kelly, my editor at Reader's Digest Press , for the sharp edge of her pruning shears .