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Bombs, Bugs, Drugs, and Thugs : Intelligence and America's Quest for Security /

Recent years have seen numerous books about the looming threat posed to Western society by biological and chemical terrorism, by narcoterrorists, and by the unpredictable leaders of rogue nations. Some of these works have been alarmist. Some have been sensible and measured. But none has been by Loch...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Johnson, Loch K. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, NY : New York University Press, [2002]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • A New Preface by the Author
  • Preface
  • List of Figures
  • List of Abbreviations
  • Introduction
  • PART I : An Intelligence Agenda for a New World
  • 1. A Planet Bristling with Bombs and Missiles
  • 2. Stocks and (James) Bonds: Spies in the Global Marketplace
  • 3. The Greening of Intelligence
  • 4. Spies versus Germs: A Worldwide Resurgence of Bugs
  • PART II: Strategic Intelligence: Fissures in the First Line of Defense
  • 5. The DCI and the Eight-Hundred-Pound Gorilla
  • 6. Spending for Spies
  • 7. Sharing the Intelligence Burden
  • PART III: Smart Intelligence-and Accountable
  • 8. More Intelligent Intelligence
  • 9. Balancing Liberty and Security
  • Appendix: America's Intelligence Leadership, 1941-2000
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • About the Author