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Secret agencies : U.S. intelligence in a hostile world
- Author
- Johnson, Loch K., 1942-
- Title
- Secret agencies : U.S. intelligence in a hostile world / Loch K. Johnson.
- Format
- Book
- Published
- New Haven : Yale University Press, ©1996.
- Description
- xviii, 262 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- URL
- <Table of contents> https://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy1001/96008610.html <Table of contents> http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&local_base=BVB01&doc_number=007624399&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA
- Notes
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-249) and index.
- Contents
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- Ch. 1. The Meanings of Methods of Intelligence
- Ch. 2. The Evolution of the Intelligence Missions
- Ch. 3. The Ethics of Covert Operations
- Ch. 4. Intelligence Accountability
- Ch. 5. The Distinctiveness of American Intelligence
- Ch. 6. Intelligence and Economic Security
- Ch. 7. An Assessment of American Intelligence
- Appendix A. Directors of Central Intelligence
- Appendix B. Chronology of the Cuban Missile Crisis.
- Summary
- "Secret agencies have the capacity not only to safeguard democracy but also to subvert it ... As such, they deserve both our support and our scrutiny."--Jacket
- Subject headings
- Intelligence service--United States.
- Genre heading
- Proofs (Printing)
- ISBN
- 0300066112 (alk. paper) 9780300066111 (alk. paper) 0300076541 (pbk.) 9780300076547 (pbk.)