| Title : | Secret Agencies : U.S. Intelligence in a Hostile World |
| Material Type: | printed text |
| Authors: | Loch K. Johnson, Author |
| Publisher: | Naw Haven and London : Yale University Press |
| Publication Date: | 1998 |
| Pagination: | 262 p. |
| Size: | 22 cm |
| ISBN (or other code): | 978-0-300-07654-7 |
| General note: | Includes bibliographical index (p. 251-262) |
| Languages : | English (eng) Original Language : English (eng) |
| Descriptors: | Intelligence service
Intelligence service - Evaluation - United States
Secret Service
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| Class number: | 327.1273 |
| Abstract: | This book examines how, and how well, the intelligence agencies of the United States have been used by government officials since the end of World War Two to guard and advance the global interests of the nation. My purpose is to help inform the American people about the hidden side of their government. For democracy relies on a knowledgeable citizenry to provide general guidance to those few individuals who make foreign policy decisions on their behalf. America's secret agencies engage in three primary missions. First and fore most, they are expected to gather and interpret information from around the world (referred to by intelligence officers as collection and analysis). Second, the agencies are expected to protect U.S. government secrets from espionage by other governments (counterintelligence). |
| Contents note: | List of Abbreviations and Acronyms; The Meanings and Methods of Intelligence; The Evolution of the Intelligence Missions; The Ethics of Covert Operations; Intelligence Accountability; The Distinctiveness of American Intelligence; Intelligence and Economic Security; An Assessment of American Intelligence; Directors of Central Intelligence; |
| Record link: | https://library.seeu.edu.mk/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=20079 |
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