Executive Secrets: Covert Action and the PresidencyA frank and refreshing evaluation of several Chief Executives, their Directors of Central Intelligence, and even some lower in the hierarchy, Executive Secrets shines light on the development and execution of foreign policy through the understanding of the tools available, of which covert action may be least known and understood. This book is a great tool for the press, the public, and many political appointees in the National Security System. A History Book Club Selection with a foreword by Mark Bowden, author of Black Hawk Down. |
Contents
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3 Covert Action Policy and Pitfalls | 47 |
4 The Military and Peacetime Covert Action | 59 |
5 The Discipline of Covert Action | 71 |
6 Approval and Review of Covert Action Programs in the Modern Era | 91 |
7 Harry S Truman | 113 |
10 Richard M Nixon and Gerald R Ford | 167 |
11 Jimmy Carter | 183 |
12 Ronald W Reagan | 193 |
13 George HW Bush and William J Clinton | 213 |
Conclusion | 221 |
Notes | 225 |
Bibliography | 257 |
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