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010 _a 2013042453
020 _a9781619022447
020 _a1619022443
020 _a9781619024731
020 _a161902473X
035 _a(OCoLC)872123661
_z(OCoLC)852223512
_z(OCoLC)852239744
_z(OCoLC)871351854
_z(OCoLC)874759401
_z(OCoLC)905853396
_z(OCoLC)936051112
050 0 0 _aE745
_b.H36 2014
082 0 0 _a355.00973/0904
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092 _a355.3432
_bH234s
100 1 _aHancock, Larry J.,
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aShadow warfare :
_bthe history of America's undeclared wars /
_cLarry Hancock ; with Stuart Wexler.
246 3 0 _aHistory of America's undeclared wars
264 1 _aBerkeley, California :
_bCounterpoint,
_c[2014]
300 _axvi, 608 pages ;
_c24 cm
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_bnc
_2rdacarrier
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 _aFrom 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.
520 _aDetails 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.
651 0 _aUnited States
_xHistory, Military
_y20th century.
651 0 _aUnited States
_xHistory, Military
_y21st century.
650 0 _aIntelligence service
_zUnited States
_xHistory
_y20th century.
650 0 _aIntelligence service
_zUnited States
_xHistory
_y21st century.
650 0 _aSpecial operations (Military science)
_zUnited States
_xHistory
_y20th century.
650 0 _aSpecial operations (Military science)
_zUnited States
_xHistory
_y21st century.
650 0 _aSubversive activities
_zUnited States
_xHistory
_y20th century.
650 0 _aSubversive activities
_zUnited States
_xHistory
_y21st century.
650 0 _aEspionage
_zUnited States.
650 0 _aWar on Terrorism, 2001-2009.
650 7 _aSubversive activities.
_2fast
_0(OCoLC)fst01136956
650 7 _aSpecial operations (Military science)
_2fast
_0(OCoLC)fst01128975
650 7 _aEspionage.
_2fast
_0(OCoLC)fst00915379
650 7 _aIntelligence service.
_2fast
_0(OCoLC)fst00975848
651 7 _aUnited States.
_2fast
_0(OCoLC)fst01204155
647 7 _aWar on Terrorism
_d(2001-2009)
_2fast
_0(OCoLC)fst01754980
648 7 _a1900-2099
_2fast
653 _acovert ops
_acovert operations
655 7 _aMilitary history.
_2fast
_0(OCoLC)fst01411630
655 7 _aHistory.
_2fast
_0(OCoLC)fst01411628
700 1 _aWexler, Stuart,
_eauthor.
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