Executive Secrets : Covert Action And the Presidency

Foreword by Mark Bowden xi Preface xv Acknowledgments xxv Introduction 1(8) ONE The Role of Covert Action in Intelligence and Foreign Policy 9(14) TWO The "Romances" of Covert Action 23(24) THREE Covert Action Policy and Pitfalls 47(12) FOUR The Military and Peacetime Covert Action 59(12) FIVE The Discipline of Covert Action 71(20) SIX Approval and Review of Covert Action Programs in the Modern Era 91(22) SEVEN Harry S Truman 113(18) EIGHT Dwight D. Eisenhower 131(20) NINE John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson 151(16) TEN Richard M. Nixon and Gerald R. Ford 167(16) ELEVEN Jimmy Carter 183(10) TWELVE Ronald W. Reagan 193(20) THIRTEEN George H.W. Bush and William J. Clinton 213(8) Conclusion 221(4) Notes 225(32) Bibliography 257(20) Index 277