The Third Option: Covert Action and American Foreign Policy

The Third Option: Covert Action and American Foreign Policy
ISBN-10
0197604412
ISBN-13
9780197604410
Category
Political Science
Pages
409
Language
English
Published
2022
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Author
Loch K. Johnson

Description

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.

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