Hancock, Larry J., <br/><br/>
Shadow warfare :  the history of America's undeclared wars / 
 History of America's undeclared wars 
Larry Hancock ; with Stuart Wexler. 
 - xvi, 608 pages ;  24 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>From solution to illusion -- The personality of covert action -- Evolution of a covert warfare infrastructure -- Armies of opportunity -- Fighting Communist China ... deniably -- Regime change -- Shadow warriors -- Face-off in Indochina -- Covert to overt in Laos -- Against the Castro regime -- Autonomous and deniable -- Holding the line in Congo -- Unanticipated consequences -- Congressional intervention -- Maintaining anticommunist regimes -- Targeted infrastructure warfare -- Pushing back -- The outsiders -- Risky business -- It happens -- New enemies -- New weapons -- A turn to "gray warfare" -- Other boots on the ground -- Merging covert and traditional -- The evolving War on Terror -- Epilogue: Benghazi. 
<br/><br/> Details the history and evolution of America's covert war activities, examining how they have been authorized and practiced, their patterns and consequences, and why presidents have turned to secret military action. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781619022447 1619022443 9781619024731 161902473X 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2013042453 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Chronological Terms: </label><br/>1900-2099 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Intelligence service--History--United States--20th century.<br/>Intelligence service--History--United States--21st century.<br/>Special operations (Military science)--History--United States--20th century.<br/>Special operations (Military science)--History--United States--21st century.<br/>Subversive activities--History--United States--20th century.<br/>Subversive activities--History--United States--21st century.<br/>Espionage--United States.<br/>War on Terrorism, 2001-2009.<br/>Subversive activities.<br/>Special operations (Military science)<br/>Espionage.<br/>Intelligence service.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>United States--History, Military--20th century.<br/>United States--History, Military--21st century.<br/>United States.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>covert ops  covert operations 
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Military history.<br/>History.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>E745  / .H36 2014 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>355.00973/0904