Dirty tricks or trump cards : U.S. covert action & counterintelligence / Roy Godson ; with a new introduction by the author.
| Author/creator | Godson, Roy, 1942- |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication | New Brunswick, N.J. : Transaction Publishers, [2001] |
| Copyright Date | ©2001 |
| Description | 1 online resource (xlv, 337 pages) |
| Supplemental Content | EBSCOhost |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Neglected Elements in American Intelligence -- Integrating the Elements -- Neglected Elements -- Counterintelligence -- Covert Action -- Steps and Missteps: Covert Action Since 1945 -- Halcyon Days -- Consensus: Stopping Communism -- A Sometime Instrument of Policy -- Successes -- Missteps -- Expose -- The Wind Shifts -- Congressional Assertiveness -- The Central American Drama -- Covert Action in the 1990s -- The Current Ethos -- Building and Rebuilding: Counterintelligence Since World War II -- Building the Cold War Consensus -- The FBI -- Collection -- Analysis -- Exploitation -- The CIA -- Military Counterintelligence -- Breaking the Mold -- Rebuilding -- The FBI -- The CIA -- The Military -- Handmaiden of Policy: Principles of Covert Action -- First Principles -- Policy, Opportunity, and People -- The Infrastructure -- Personnel -- Material Support -- Question of Values -- Symbiosis -- Ends, Means, and Historical Lessons -- Political Action -- Agents of Influence -- Helping Organizations -- Movement of Money and Support -- Covert Propaganda -- Paramilitary Operations -- Assassination -- Terrorism -- Guerrillas and Resistance Movements -- Safe Haven -- Materiel Support for Paramilitary Operations -- Special Forces -- Coups d'Etat -- Intelligence Support -- Counterterrorism: Synergy in Action -- Offensive Defense: Principles of Counterintelligence -- Central Coordination and Strategy -- Counterintelligence Analysis -- Triage of Targets -- Assessing Vulnerability -- Adversaries: Targets and Competence. |
| Summary | Traces the evolution of covert action and counterintelligence through US history from the end of World War II: the successes and failures; the products and the processes; and the organizations. The book is an examination of the gap between current US practice and ideal capabilities and performance. |
| General note | Originally published: Washington : Brassey's, ©1995, in series: Brassey's intelligence and national security library. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-326) and index. |
| Source of description | Print version record. |
| Issued in other form | Print version: Godson, Roy, 1942- Dirty tricks or trump cards 0765806991 |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 9781412821759 (electronic bk.) |
| ISBN | 1412821754 (electronic bk.) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |