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The Resource Shadow Warfare : The History of America's Undeclared Wars, Larry Hancock ; with Stuart Wexler, (electronic resource)
Shadow Warfare : The History of America's Undeclared Wars, Larry Hancock ; with Stuart Wexler, (electronic resource)
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- Summary
- Contrary to its contemporary image, deniable covert operations are not something new. Such activities have been ordered by every president and every administration since the Second World War. In many instances covert operations have relied on surrogates, with American personnel involved only at a distance, insulated by layers of deniability.Shadow Warfare traces the evolution of these covert operations, detailing the tactics and tools used from the Truman era through those of the contemporary Obama Administrations. It also explores the personalities and careers of many of t
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (625 p.)
- Note
- Description based upon print version of record
- Contents
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- Introduction; Chapter 1: From Solution to Illusion; Chapter 2: The Personality of Covert Action; Chapter 3: Evolution of a Covert Warfare Infrastructure; Chapter 4: Armies of Opportunity; Chapter 5: Fighting Communist China . . . Deniably; Chapter 6: Regime Change; Chapter 7: Shadow Warriors; Chapter 9: Face-off In Indochina; Chapter 10: Covert to Overt in Laos; Chapter 11: Against the Castro Regime; Chapter 12: Autonomous and Deniable; Chapter 13: Holding the Line in the Congo; Chapter 14: Unanticipated Consequences; Chapter 15: Congressional Intervention
- Chapter 16: Maintaining Anticommunist RegimesChapter 17: Targeted Infrastructure Warfare in the Southern Cone; Chapter 18: Pushing Back; Chapter 19: The Outsiders; Chapter 20: Risky Business; Chapter 21: It Happens; Chapter 22: New Enemies; Chapter 23: New Weapons; Chapter 24: A Turn to "Gray Warfare"; Chapter 25: Other Boots on the Ground; Chapter 26: Merging Covert and Conventional; Chapter 27: The Evolving War on Terror; Epilogue: Benghazi; Endnotes; Index
- Isbn
- 9781619023574
- Label
- Shadow Warfare : The History of America's Undeclared Wars
- Title
- Shadow Warfare
- Title remainder
- The History of America's Undeclared Wars
- Statement of responsibility
- Larry Hancock ; with Stuart Wexler
- Subject
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- Electronic books
- Espionage, American -- History
- Intelligence service -- United States
- Intelligence service -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Spies -- Recruiting -- United States -- Moral and ethical aspects
- Subversive activities -- United States -- History
- Subversive activities -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- United States -- Foreign relations
- United States -- History, Military -- 20th century
- United States, Central Intelligence Agency
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Secret service -- United States
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Secret service -- United States
- Cold War
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Contrary to its contemporary image, deniable covert operations are not something new. Such activities have been ordered by every president and every administration since the Second World War. In many instances covert operations have relied on surrogates, with American personnel involved only at a distance, insulated by layers of deniability.Shadow Warfare traces the evolution of these covert operations, detailing the tactics and tools used from the Truman era through those of the contemporary Obama Administrations. It also explores the personalities and careers of many of t
- Cataloging source
- EBLCP
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Hancock, Larry J
- Dewey number
- 327.1273009045
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- UB251.U6 .H37 2014
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- dictionaries
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- Wexler, Stuart
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- United States
- Intelligence service
- Subversive activities
- Espionage, American
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975
- World War, 1939-1945
- Cold War
- Intelligence service -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Spies -- Recruiting -- United States -- Moral and ethical aspects
- Subversive activities -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- United States -- History, Military -- 20th century
- United States
- Label
- Shadow Warfare : The History of America's Undeclared Wars, Larry Hancock ; with Stuart Wexler, (electronic resource)
- Note
- Description based upon print version of record
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Color
- multicolored
- Contents
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- Introduction; Chapter 1: From Solution to Illusion; Chapter 2: The Personality of Covert Action; Chapter 3: Evolution of a Covert Warfare Infrastructure; Chapter 4: Armies of Opportunity; Chapter 5: Fighting Communist China . . . Deniably; Chapter 6: Regime Change; Chapter 7: Shadow Warriors; Chapter 9: Face-off In Indochina; Chapter 10: Covert to Overt in Laos; Chapter 11: Against the Castro Regime; Chapter 12: Autonomous and Deniable; Chapter 13: Holding the Line in the Congo; Chapter 14: Unanticipated Consequences; Chapter 15: Congressional Intervention
- Chapter 16: Maintaining Anticommunist RegimesChapter 17: Targeted Infrastructure Warfare in the Southern Cone; Chapter 18: Pushing Back; Chapter 19: The Outsiders; Chapter 20: Risky Business; Chapter 21: It Happens; Chapter 22: New Enemies; Chapter 23: New Weapons; Chapter 24: A Turn to "Gray Warfare"; Chapter 25: Other Boots on the Ground; Chapter 26: Merging Covert and Conventional; Chapter 27: The Evolving War on Terror; Epilogue: Benghazi; Endnotes; Index
- Control code
- ocn873136625
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (625 p.)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781619023574
- Isbn Type
- (electronic bk.)
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)873136625
- Label
- Shadow Warfare : The History of America's Undeclared Wars, Larry Hancock ; with Stuart Wexler, (electronic resource)
- Note
- Description based upon print version of record
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Color
- multicolored
- Contents
-
- Introduction; Chapter 1: From Solution to Illusion; Chapter 2: The Personality of Covert Action; Chapter 3: Evolution of a Covert Warfare Infrastructure; Chapter 4: Armies of Opportunity; Chapter 5: Fighting Communist China . . . Deniably; Chapter 6: Regime Change; Chapter 7: Shadow Warriors; Chapter 9: Face-off In Indochina; Chapter 10: Covert to Overt in Laos; Chapter 11: Against the Castro Regime; Chapter 12: Autonomous and Deniable; Chapter 13: Holding the Line in the Congo; Chapter 14: Unanticipated Consequences; Chapter 15: Congressional Intervention
- Chapter 16: Maintaining Anticommunist RegimesChapter 17: Targeted Infrastructure Warfare in the Southern Cone; Chapter 18: Pushing Back; Chapter 19: The Outsiders; Chapter 20: Risky Business; Chapter 21: It Happens; Chapter 22: New Enemies; Chapter 23: New Weapons; Chapter 24: A Turn to "Gray Warfare"; Chapter 25: Other Boots on the Ground; Chapter 26: Merging Covert and Conventional; Chapter 27: The Evolving War on Terror; Epilogue: Benghazi; Endnotes; Index
- Control code
- ocn873136625
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (625 p.)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781619023574
- Isbn Type
- (electronic bk.)
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)873136625
Subject
- Electronic books
- Espionage, American -- History
- Intelligence service -- United States
- Intelligence service -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Spies -- Recruiting -- United States -- Moral and ethical aspects
- Subversive activities -- United States -- History
- Subversive activities -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- United States -- Foreign relations
- United States -- History, Military -- 20th century
- United States, Central Intelligence Agency
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Secret service -- United States
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Secret service -- United States
- Cold War
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