Executive Secrets
Subtitle: Covert Action And the Presidency
Contributors: Mark Bowden (Foreword)
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Published: May 2006
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 328
ISBN-13: 9780813191614
Subjects: Espionage & secret services; Politics / Current Events; Government - U.S. Government; Political Science; Politics/International Relations; USA; Government - Executive Branch; Political Freedom & Security - Intelligence; Government - National; 20th century; Espionage; History; Intelligence service; Presidents; United States
First sentence: There are three disciplines, or missions, inherent within the intelligence profession, which are separated by purpose and methodology: intelligence collection and analysis, counterintelligence/counterespionage, and covert action.