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- catalog abstract ""The CIA's Black Ops goes beyond simple history by examining the issues raised by covert action and the tension created by clandestine activities carried out by a democratic government. Explaining the many and varied types of covert action - subsidies, graymail, propaganda, psychological operations, economic warfare, military support, paramilitary operations, coups d'etat, and assassinations - and providing detailed examples of successes and failures undertaken in the name of "national security," this book reveals how the United States has become too enamored with covert action; how black ops have often substituted for U.S. foreign policy; and how during the cold war, the CIA developed into a policy maker, dangerously independent of the government that created it. It also shows how a foreign policy elite in the United States has subverted covert operations for its own purposes, in part because the modern CIA has become more law abiding."--BOOK JACKET. "In exploring and revealing the interconnection between black operations and American society. The CIA's Black Ops not only asks the hard questions, but also shows readers how to arrive at their own conclusions."--Jacket.".
- catalog alternative "Central Intelligence Agency's black ops".
- catalog contributor b11560433.
- catalog coverage "United States Foreign relations.".
- catalog created "2000.".
- catalog date "2000".
- catalog date "2000.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2000.".
- catalog description ""The CIA's Black Ops goes beyond simple history by examining the issues raised by covert action and the tension created by clandestine activities carried out by a democratic government. Explaining the many and varied types of covert action - subsidies, graymail, propaganda, psychological operations, economic warfare, military support, paramilitary operations, coups d'etat, and assassinations - and providing detailed examples of successes and failures undertaken in the name of "national security," this book reveals how the United States has become too enamored with covert action; how black ops have often substituted for U.S. foreign policy; and how during the cold war, the CIA developed into a policy maker, dangerously independent of the government that created it.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (pages 349-353) and index.".
- catalog description "Introduction: A Tale of Two Operations: SUCCESS and Failure -- pt. I. The Third Option. 1. Like Moths to Light: The Attraction of Covert Action. 2. The Wars That Came in from the Cold. 3. Covert Action: The Black Ops Menu. 4. Making New Friends: The Coup d'Etat -- pt. II. Covert Operations: Red, White, and Black. 5. Exploding Cigars, Poisoned Wet Suits, and the Body in the Buick: Assassination as Foreign Policy. 6. They Were Expendable: Covert Armies. 7. An Offer You Can't Refuse: Organized Crime and the CIA. 8. Just Say Yes: Covert Action and Drug Empires. 9. My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys. 10. If You're Not for Us, You're Against Us: Covert Actions at Home.".
- catalog description "It also shows how a foreign policy elite in the United States has subverted covert operations for its own purposes, in part because the modern CIA has become more law abiding."--BOOK JACKET. "In exploring and revealing the interconnection between black operations and American society. The CIA's Black Ops not only asks the hard questions, but also shows readers how to arrive at their own conclusions."--Jacket.".
- catalog extent "361 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "CIA's black ops.".
- catalog identifier "1573927422 (cloth)".
- catalog isFormatOf "CIA's black ops.".
- catalog issued "2000".
- catalog issued "2000.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Amherst, NY : Prometheus Books,".
- catalog relation "CIA's black ops.".
- catalog spatial "United States Foreign relations.".
- catalog subject "327.1273/009/045 21".
- catalog subject "JK468.I6 N88 1999".
- catalog subject "United States. Central Intelligence Agency.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Introduction: A Tale of Two Operations: SUCCESS and Failure -- pt. I. The Third Option. 1. Like Moths to Light: The Attraction of Covert Action. 2. The Wars That Came in from the Cold. 3. Covert Action: The Black Ops Menu. 4. Making New Friends: The Coup d'Etat -- pt. II. Covert Operations: Red, White, and Black. 5. Exploding Cigars, Poisoned Wet Suits, and the Body in the Buick: Assassination as Foreign Policy. 6. They Were Expendable: Covert Armies. 7. An Offer You Can't Refuse: Organized Crime and the CIA. 8. Just Say Yes: Covert Action and Drug Empires. 9. My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys. 10. If You're Not for Us, You're Against Us: Covert Actions at Home.".
- catalog title "Central Intelligence Agency's black ops".
- catalog title "The CIA's black ops : covert action, foreign policy, and democracy / John Jacob Nutter.".
- catalog type "text".