Historical Dictionary of United States Intelligence

Klappentext This compendium of over 500 entries on the most important and relevant personalities, programs, activities, and agencies of U.S. intelligence, beginning with the Sons of Liberty before the onset of the Revolutionary War until the most recent reorganization of the U.S. intelligence community, covers the myriad pieces of legislation that have governed the activities of U.S. intelligence. Each entry is cross-referenced for easy navigation and provides a definition as well as a brief but complete historical evaluation of the subject. This volume traces more than two centuries of history in the chronology. The introduction explains just what intelligence is and does, and shows how U.S. intelligence operations have evolved. Appendixes list Directors and Deputy Directors of Central Intelligence. The bibliography provides the most relevant and important sources for those interested in further reading.

Product details

• Authors: Michael A. Turner
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.12.2005
• EAN: 9780810849471
• ISBN: 978-0-8108-4947-1
• No. of pages: 291
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 216 mm x 32 mm
• Series: Historical Dictionaries of Intelligence and Counterintelligence; Historical Dictionaries of Int; Historical Dictionaries of Intelligence and Counterintelligence
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Comparative and international political science