American Covert Operations

Author : J. Ransom Clark
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2015-07-14
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780313383298

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American Covert Operations by J. Ransom Clark Pdf

Traces our country's long history of covert and special operations, focusing on the similarities and differences in the practice from the Revolutionary War to the present. Long before the creation of the CIA, the American government utilized special intelligence strategies with varying degrees of success. Even though critics throughout time have questioned the effectiveness and legitimacy of these tactics, presidents from George Washington to Barack Obama have employed secret operations to benefit the nation's best interest. This book follows America's history of intelligence gathering, undercover operations, and irregular warfare. Through chronologically organized chapters, the author examines secret military maneuvers, highlighting the elements common to covert and special operations across historical eras, and concluding with a chapter on national security since the attacks of September 11, 2001.

Author : Stephen F. Knott
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : History
ISBN : 9780195100983

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Secret and Sanctioned by Stephen F. Knott Pdf

This eye-opening account reveals that covert intelligence operations in the U.S. date much farther back than most people realize--back to the Founding Fathers. Detailing clandestine, unscrupulous operations that took place under such presidents as Washington, Jefferson, Polk, and Lincoln, Knott reveals that presidents have rarely consulted Congress before engaging in such operations.

Author : James Callanan
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 287 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2020-06-25
Category : History
ISBN : 9781350170834

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Covert Action in the Cold War by James Callanan Pdf

Born out of the ashes of World War II, the covert action arm of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) was created to counter the challenge posed by the Soviet Union and its allies and bolster American interests worldwide. It evolved rapidly into an eclectic, well-resourced organization whose activities provided a substitute for overt military action and afforded essential backup when the Cold War turned hot in Korea and Vietnam. This comprehensive examination of a still controversial subject sheds valuable new light on the undercover operations mounted by the CIA during the Cold War. Using a wide range of unpublished government records and documents, James Callanan traces the growth of the agency chronologically as it forged a covert action mission that sought to advance US foreign and defense policy in all corners of the globe. Offering a powerful perspective on a pivotal period in American history, "Covert Action in the Cold War" makes a crucial contribution to our understanding of global politics during the Cold War.

Author : Sarah-Jane Corke
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2007-09-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9781134104123

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US Covert Operations and Cold War Strategy by Sarah-Jane Corke Pdf

Based on recently declassified documents, this book provides the first examination of the Truman Administration’s decision to employ covert operations in the Cold War. Although covert operations were an integral part of America’s arsenal during the late 1940s and early 1950s, the majority of these operations were ill conceived, unrealistic and ultimately doomed to failure. In this volume, the author looks at three central questions: Why were these types of operations adopted? Why were they conducted in such a haphazard manner? And, why, once it became clear that they were not working, did the administration fail to abandon them? The book argues that the Truman Administration was unable to reconcile policy, strategy and operations successfully, and to agree on a consistent course of action for waging the Cold War. This ensured that they wasted time and effort, money and manpower on covert operations designed to challenge Soviet hegemony, which had little or no real chance of success. US Covert Operations and Cold War Strategy will be of great interest to students of US foreign policy, Cold War history, intelligence and international history in general.

Author : James Callanan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 6000018622

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Covert Action in the Cold War by James Callanan Pdf

Author : Lindsey A. O'Rourke
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 329 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2018-12-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781501730689

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Covert Regime Change by Lindsey A. O'Rourke Pdf

States seldom resort to war to overthrow their adversaries. They are more likely to attempt to covertly change the opposing regime, by assassinating a foreign leader, sponsoring a coup d’état, meddling in a democratic election, or secretly aiding foreign dissident groups. In Covert Regime Change, Lindsey A. O’Rourke shows us how states really act when trying to overthrow another state. She argues that conventional focus on overt cases misses the basic causes of regime change. O’Rourke provides substantive evidence of types of security interests that drive states to intervene. Offensive operations aim to overthrow a current military rival or break up a rival alliance. Preventive operations seek to stop a state from taking certain actions, such as joining a rival alliance, that may make them a future security threat. Hegemonic operations try to maintain a hierarchical relationship between the intervening state and the target government. Despite the prevalence of covert attempts at regime change, most operations fail to remain covert and spark blowback in unanticipated ways. Covert Regime Change assembles an original dataset of all American regime change operations during the Cold War. This fund of information shows the United States was ten times more likely to try covert rather than overt regime change during the Cold War. Her dataset allows O’Rourke to address three foundational questions: What motivates states to attempt foreign regime change? Why do states prefer to conduct these operations covertly rather than overtly? How successful are such missions in achieving their foreign policy goals?

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Select Committee to Study Governmental Operations with Respect to Intelligence Activities
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 70 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1975
Category : Chile
ISBN : UCAL:C3228416

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Covert Action in Chile, 1963-1973 by United States. Congress. Senate. Select Committee to Study Governmental Operations with Respect to Intelligence Activities Pdf

Author : William Michael Reisman,Reisman, William Michael Reisman,William Michael, Reisman,James E. Baker
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1992-01-01
Category : Law
ISBN : 0300050593

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Regulating Covert Action by William Michael Reisman,Reisman, William Michael Reisman,William Michael, Reisman,James E. Baker Pdf

Covert activity has always been a significant element of international politics. This book attempts to assess the lawfulness of covert action under US and international law and faces the implications for democratic states that covert operations pose.

Author : Michael Poznansky
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2020-04-28
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780190096618

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In the Shadow of International Law by Michael Poznansky Pdf

Secrecy is a staple of world politics and a pervasive feature of political life. Leaders keep secrets as they conduct sensitive diplomatic missions, convince reluctant publics to throw their support behind costly wars, and collect sensitive intelligence about sworn enemies. In the Shadow of International Law explores one of the most controversial forms of secret statecraft: the use of covert action to change or overthrow foreign regimes. Drawing from a broad range of cases of US-backed regime change during the Cold War, Michael Poznansky develops a legal theory of covert action to explain why leaders sometimes turn to covert action when conducting regime change, rather than using force to accomplish the same objective. He highlights the surprising role international law plays in these decisions and finds that once the nonintervention principle-which proscribes unwanted violations of another state's sovereignty-was codified in international law in the mid-twentieth century, states became more reluctant to pursue overt regime change without proper cause. Further, absent a legal exemption to nonintervention such as a credible self-defense claim or authorization from an international body, states were more likely to pursue regime change covertly and concealing brazen violations of international law. Shining a light on the secret underpinnings of the liberal international order, the conduct of foreign-imposed regime change, and the impact of international law on state behavior, Poznansky speaks to the potential consequences of America abandoning its role as the steward of the postwar order, as well as the promise and peril of promoting new rules and norms in cyberspace.

Author : Seth G. Jones
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2018-09-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9780393247015

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A Covert Action: Reagan, the CIA, and the Cold War Struggle in Poland by Seth G. Jones Pdf

The dramatic, untold story of one of the CIA’s most successful Cold War intelligence operations. December, 1981—the CIA receives word that the Polish government has cut telephone communications with the West and closed the Polish border. The agency’s leaders quickly inform President Ronald Reagan, who is enjoying a serene weekend at Camp David. Within hours, Prime Minister Wojciech Jaruzelski has appeared on Polish national television to announce the establishment of martial law. A new era in Cold War politics has begun: Washington and Moscow are on a collision course. In this gripping narrative history, Seth G. Jones reveals the little-known story of the CIA’s subsequent operations in Poland, which produced a landmark victory for democracy during the Cold War. While the Soviet-backed Polish government worked to crush a budding liberal opposition movement, the CIA began a sophisticated intelligence campaign, code-named QRHELPFUL, that supported dissident groups. The most powerful of these groups was Solidarity, a trade union that swelled to a membership of ten million and became one of the first legitimate anti-Communist opposition movements in Eastern Europe. With President Reagan’s support, the CIA provided money that helped Solidarity print newspapers, broadcast radio programs, and conduct a wide-ranging information warfare campaign against the Soviet-backed government. QRHELPFUL proved vital in establishing a free and democratic Poland. Long overlooked by CIA historians and Reagan biographers, the story of QRHELPFUL features an extraordinary cast of characters—including spymaster Bill Casey, CIA officer Richard Malzahn, Polish-speaking CIA case officer Celia Larkin, Solidarity leader Lech Walesa, and Pope John Paul II. Based on in-depth interviews and recently declassified evidence, A Covert Action celebrates a decisive victory over tyranny for U.S. intelligence behind the Iron Curtain, one that prefigured the Soviet collapse.

Author : Gregory F. Treverton
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 293 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : United States
ISBN : 1850430896

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Covert Action by Gregory F. Treverton Pdf

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Author : J. Patrice McSherry
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2012-07-10
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780742568709

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Predatory States by J. Patrice McSherry Pdf

This powerful study makes a compelling case about the key U.S. role in state terrorism in Latin America during the Cold War. Long hidden from public view, Operation Condor was a military network created in the 1970s to eliminate political opponents of Latin American regimes. Its key members were the anticommunist dictatorships of Chile, Argentina, Uruguay, Bolivia, Paraguay, and Brazil, later joined by Peru and Ecuador, with covert support from the U.S. government. Drawing on a wealth of testimonies, declassified files, and Latin American primary sources, J. Patrice McSherry examines Operation Condor from numerous vantage points: its secret structures, intelligence networks, covert operations against dissidents, political assassinations worldwide, commanders and operatives, links to the Pentagon and the CIA, and extension to Central America in the 1980s. The author convincingly shows how, using extralegal and terrorist methods, Operation Condor hunted down, seized, and executed political opponents across borders. McSherry argues that Condor functioned within, or parallel to, the structures of the larger inter-American military system led by the United States, and that declassified U.S. documents make clear that U.S. security officers saw Condor as a legitimate and useful 'counterterror' organization. Revealing new details of Condor operations and fresh evidence of links to the U.S. security establishment, this controversial work offers an original analysis of the use of secret, parallel armies in Western counterinsurgency strategies. It will be a clarion call to all readers to consider the long-term consequences of clandestine operations in the name of 'democracy.'

Author : Harry Rositzke
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2019-07-09
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781000315479

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The Cia's Secret Operations by Harry Rositzke Pdf

I am grateful to those of my colleagues in this first generation of American "spymasters" who were willing to share their experiences with me even after I retired to my unclassified farm . I am indebted to Howard Roman , who worked with Allen Dulles on his intelligence writings , for his assistance in the preparation of the early chapters, and to Nancy Kelly, my editor at Reader's Digest Press , for the sharp edge of her pruning shears .

Author : United States. Department of State
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1184 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Intelligence service
ISBN : RUTGERS:39030023396411

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Foreign Relations of the United States, 1945-1950 by United States. Department of State Pdf

Author : Loch K. Johnson
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 409 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2022
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780197604410

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The Third Option by Loch K. Johnson Pdf

Introduction: The subterranean world of clandestine interventions -- The forms of covert action -- A ladder of clandestine escalation -- A shadowy foreign policy, 1947-1960 -- Murder most foul, 1960-1975 -- A new approach to covert action, 1975-2000 -- The third option in an age of terror, 2000-2020 -- Legal foundations -- Decision paths and accountability -- Drawing bright lines : ethics and covert action -- The third option reconsidered.