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The third option : covert action and American foreign policy / Loch K. Johnson

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Titre(s)
  • The third option : covert action and American foreign policy / Loch K. Johnson
A pour autre édition sur un support différent
  • The Third Option Covert Action and American Foreign Policy Loch K. Johnson 2022 Oxford Oxford University Press 978-0-19-760444-1
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Publication
  • Oxford New York (N.Y.) : Oxford University Press, 2022
Description matérielle
  • 1 volume (xvi-388 pages) : illustrations ; 25 cm
ISBN
  • 978-0-19-760441-0
  • 978-0-19-777925-5
EAN
  • 9780197779255
  • 9780197779255 br.
Classification décimale Dewey
  • 327.127 3
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  • Titre provenant des métadonnées fournies par l'éditeur
Note sur les bibliographies et les index
  • Bibliogr. p. [343]-368. Notes bibliogr. Index
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  • Covert action, often called the Third Option, refers to efforts by the United States to secretly influence international affairs through propaganda, as well as political, economic, and paramilitary operations. It is a dimly lit world of secret agents; poison-dart guns; vials of curare, cobra venom, and shellfish toxins; barrels of ink for propaganda tracts; weaponry of all makes and calibers; heavily armed drones and high-powered missiles; speed boats, bombers, and explosives; masks and fake prosthetics; CIA crafted political campaign buttons, bumper stickers, and TV ads written in foreign tongues for use in elections overseas; counterfeit foreign currencies--a largely invisible realm of clandestine activities governed by the best of intentions, yet sometimes yielding the worst of results; a world that merits the thoughtful attention and judgment of every citizen. The purpose here is to offer a frank assessment of this obscure but vital component of America's foreign policy
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