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Informationen zum Autor J. Ransom Clark , a 25-year veteran of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), has worked assignments from Asia, Europe, Latin America, to the Middle East, and Washington, D.C. He retired in 1990 as a member of the CIA's Senior Intelligence Service. From 1990 until his second retirement in 2005, Clark taught and held administrative positions at Muskingum College in New Concord, Ohio. His honors include the CIA's Medal of Merit and Muskingum College's Excellence in Teaching and Faculty Service awards. Clark maintains an extensive website on intelligence - The Literature of Intelligence: A Bibliography of Materials, with Essays, Reviews, and Comments at http://intellit.org. Klappentext Traces our country's long history of covert and special operations, focusing on the similarities and differences in the practice from the Revolutionary War to the present. Long before the creation of the CIA, the American government utilized special intelligence strategies with varying degrees of success. Even though critics throughout time have questioned the effectiveness and legitimacy of these tactics, presidents from George Washington to Barack Obama have employed secret operations to benefit the nation's best interest. This book follows America's history of intelligence gathering, undercover operations, and irregular warfare. Through chronologically organized chapters, the author examines secret military maneuvers, highlighting the elements common to covert and special operations across historical eras, and concluding with a chapter on national security since the attacks of September 11, 2001. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface Chapter 1 Establishing Context Chapter 2 From Revolution to World War II Chapter 3 World War II Chapter 4 Beginning the Cold War Chapter 5 The Heyday: 1953-1961 Chapter 6 Challenging Times: 1961-1973 Chapter 7 New Rules, New Challenges: 1974-1981 Chapter 8 Agreements and Disagreements: 1981-1989 Chapter 9 New Presidents, New Rules: 1989-2001 Chapter 10 A Changed Game Chapter 11 New President, Continuing Challenges Selected Bibliography Index ...
