Secret and Sanctioned: Covert Operations and the American Presidency

by Stephen F. Knott

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Today when we think of covert operations, we think of American-backed mercenaries circulating through jungle camps of Contra guerrillas, CIA agents plotting coups against governments in Chile and Libya, or the lethal cigars used in an attempt to assassinate Castro. In the public imagination, these kinds of operations--often seeming to go over the line, and always hidden from Congress and the American people--are a recent innovation, a rogue offspring...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0195100980

ISBN13:9780195100983

Release Date:April 1996

Publisher:Oxford University Press

Length:272 Pages

Weight:1.25 lbs.

Dimensions:1.1" x 6.5" x 9.6"

Related Subjects

Americas Espionage Executive Branch Government History Political Science Politics & Government Politics & Social Sciences Social Sciences True Accounts True Crime

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