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001 9922325670001661
005 20150423143259.0
008 950504s1996 nyu b 001 0 eng
010 $a 95019177
020 $a0195100980 (acid-free paper)
035 $a(CSdNU)u53881-01national_inst
035 $a(OCoLC)32546619
035 $a(Sirsi) 01-AAF-7642
040 $aDLC$cDLC
043 $an-us---
049 $aCNUM
050 00 $aJK468.I6$bK56 1996
100 1 $aKnott, Stephen F.
245 10 $aSecret and sanctioned :$bcovert operations and the American presidency /$cStephen F. Knott.
260 $aNew York :$bOxford University Press,$c1996.
300 $ax, 258 p. ;$c25 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [231]-241) and index.
505 0 $aGeorge Washington and the founding of American clandestine activity -- Hamilton and Jay: the constitution, The Federalist, and "the business of intelligence, " -- The Contingency Fund -- Options short of war: Thomas Jefferson's clandestine foreign policy -- The era of covert expansion: part 1, 1809-1829 -- The era of covert expansion: part 2, 1829-1849 -- Civil war and aftermath: the birth of modern intelligence bureucracy -- The distorted legacy: the rise of congessional control of clandestine operations.
650 0 $aIntelligence service$zUnited States$xHistory.
650 0 $aPresidents$zUnited States$xHistory.
948 $a10/13/1999$b10/13/1999
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