Isbn: 9780813123349 - Executive Secrets: Covert Action and the Presidency (22 results)

Hardback. Condition: Good. Borrowing the words of former Idaho senator Frank Church, one widespread notion of the Central Intelligence Agency is that it tends to behave like a "rogue elephant" rampaging out of control, initiating risky covert action programs without the sanction of either Congress or the White House. In Executive Secrets: Covert Action and the Presidency, William J. Daugherty, a seventeen-year veteran operations officer with the Central Intelligence Agency, addresses these and other perceptions about covert action that have seeped into the public consciousness. Daugherty cites congressional investigations, declassified documents, and his own experiences in covert action policy and oversight to show convincingly that the C.I.A.'s covert programs were conducted specifically at presidential behest from the Agency's founding in 1947. He provides an overview of the nature and proper use of covert action as a tool of presidential statecraft and discusses its role in transforming presidential foreign policy into reality. He concludes by detailing how each president conducted the approval, oversight and review processes for covert action while examining specific instances in which U.S. presidents have expressly directed C. I.A. covert action programs to suit their policy objectives. A former Marine Corps aviator with a combat tour in Vietnam, Daugherty's first tour with the C.I.A. was in Iran, where he was one of fifty-two Americans held hostage for 444 days during the Carter administration. Daugherty combines unique inside perspectives with sober objectivity in judging the true nature and scope of C.I.A. covert actions during the last half century.…

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Hardback. Condition: Good. Borrowing the words of former Idaho senator Frank Church, one widespread notion of the Central Intelligence Agency is that it tends to behave like a "rogue elephant" rampaging out of control, initiating risky covert action programs without the sanction of either Congress or the White House. In Executive Secrets: Covert Action and the Presidency, William J. Daugherty, a seventeen-year veteran operations officer with the Central Intelligence Agency, addresses these and other perceptions about covert action that have seeped into the public consciousness. Daugherty cites congressional investigations, declassified documents, and his own experiences in covert action policy and oversight to show convincingly that the C.I.A.'s covert programs were conducted specifically at presidential behest from the Agency's founding in 1947. He provides an overview of the nature and proper use of covert action as a tool of presidential statecraft and discusses its role in transforming presidential foreign policy into reality. He concludes by detailing how each president conducted the approval, oversight and review processes for covert action while examining specific instances in which U.S. presidents have expressly directed C. I.A. covert action programs to suit their policy objectives. A former Marine Corps aviator with a combat tour in Vietnam, Daugherty's first tour with the C.I.A. was in Iran, where he was one of fifty-two Americans held hostage for 444 days during the Carter administration. Daugherty combines unique inside perspectives with sober objectivity in judging the true nature and scope of C.I.A. covert actions during the last half century.…

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Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. FIRST EDITION FIRST PRINTING new fine hardcover book & DJ .Book and DJ are bright clean tight square. Shelf 1113A. Boards and spine are straight // Binding is tight.//Pages are clean, legible, and bright // Dust Jacket Not Chipped or Crinkled// No previous owner names//No writing in the book margins or blank spaces // No highlighting// No foxing// Not remainder marked // Not price clipped// Not Ex Library// Not a Book Club.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Executive Secrets. Covert Action & The Presidency. William J. Daugherty. [2004] first printing; Kentucky; very good or better jacketed hardcover. Black boards with only light wear at extremities, spine extremes; crisp gold text on spine; tight/square and unmarked internally. Jacket shows light handling wear, rubbing; about very good.…

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Inscribed by author on title page else Unmarked hardcover in unclipped jacket.

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Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. FIRST Edition with publishers full number line present. A FLAWLESS non-fiction volume, no markings. * SIGNED * by author, Daugherty, a retired CIA Officer, DIRECTLY ONTO TITLE PAGE. Dark blue end-papers match the book boards. Gilt spine titles. Dust jacket also in Superior/ Perfect condition, with original price intact on front flap. Bibliography and Notes section at rear, followed by Index. A FIRST/FIRST. 298 pages Mylar protected jacket. Signed by Author(s). …

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hardcover. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.