Executive secrets covert action and the presidency / William J. Daugherty ; foreword by Mark Bowden.
| Author/creator | Daugherty, William J., 1947- |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Lexington : University Press of Kentucky, |
| Description | xxiii, 298 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from eBooks on EBSCOhost |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| 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. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. [257]-275) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2004006073 |
| ISBN | 0813123348 (hardcover : alk. paper) |