Bibliograph

Shadow warfare, the history of America's undeclared wars, Larry Hancock ; with Stuart Wexler

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Shadow warfare, the history of America's undeclared wars, Larry Hancock ; with Stuart Wexler

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Shadow warfare

Oclc number

872123661

Responsibility statement

Larry Hancock ; with Stuart Wexler

Sub title

the history of America's undeclared wars

Summary

Details the history and evolution of America's covert war activities, examining how they have been authorized and practiced, their patterns and consequences, and why presidents have turned to secret military action

Table Of Contents

From solution to illusion -- The personality of covert action -- Evolution of a covert warfare infrastructure -- Armies of opportunity -- Fighting Communist China ... deniably -- Regime change -- Shadow warriors -- Face-off in Indochina -- Covert to overt in Laos -- Against the Castro regime -- Autonomous and deniable -- Holding the line in Congo -- Unanticipated consequences -- Congressional intervention -- Maintaining anticommunist regimes -- Targeted infrastructure warfare -- Pushing back -- The outsiders -- Risky business -- It happens -- New enemies -- New weapons -- A turn to "gray warfare" -- Other boots on the ground -- Merging covert and traditional -- The evolving War on Terror -- Epilogue: Benghazi

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History of America's undeclared wars

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