US covert operations and Cold War strategy
Truman, secret warfare and the CIA, 1945-53
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Word Count
60,000 words, Guess
Page Count
240 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL17247222M
- ISBN-139780415420778
- ISBN-100415420776
- OCLC Control Number180258349
- OCLC Control Number80917389
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- Library of Congress Control Number2007003132
- Goodreads3204393
Classifications
- LCCJK468.I6 C656 2008
Description
"Based on recently declassified documents, this book provides the first examination of the Truman Administration's decision to employ covert operations in the Cold War...In this volume, the author looks at three central questions: Why were these types of operations adopted? Why were they conducted in such as haphazard manner? And, why, once it became clear that they were not working, did the administration fail to abandon them?"--Provided by publisher (inside book)
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Series Statement
- Studies in intelligence series
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