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Historical Dictionary of United States Intelligence
eBook - Historical Dictionaries of Intelligence and Counterintelligence
ISBN/EAN: 9780810878907
Umbreit-Nr.: 9940330
Sprache:
Englisch
Umfang: 422 S.
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Einband:
Keine Angabe
Erschienen am 08.10.2014
Auflage: 2/2014
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Format: EPUB
DRM: Adobe DRM
- Zusatztext
- <span><span>While the United States has had some kind of intelligence capability throughout its history, its</span><span>intelligence apparatus is young, dating only to the period immediately after World War II. Yet, in that short a time, it has undergone enormous changesfrom the labor-intensive espionage and covert action establishment of the 1950s to a modern enterprise that relies heavily on electronic data, technology, satellites, airborne collection platforms, and unmanned aerial vehicles, to name a few.<br><br>This second edition covers the history of United States intelligence, and includes several key features:<br></span></span><br><ul><li><span>Chronology</span></li><li><span>Introductory essay</span></li><li><span>Appendixes</span></li><li><span>Bibliography</span></li><li><span>Over 600 cross-referenced entries on key events, issues, people, operations, laws, regulations</span></li></ul><span><span><br>This book is an excellent access point for members of the intelligence community; students, scholars, and historians; legal experts; and general readers wanting to know more about the history of U.S. intelligence.</span></span>
- Kurztext
- <span><span>This second edition covers the history of United States intelligence, and includes several key features: </span></span> <ul> <li><span>Chronology </span></li> <li><span>Introductory essay</span></li> <li><span>Appendixes</span></li> <li><span>Bibliography</span></li> <li><span>Over 600 cross-referenced entries on key events, issues, people, operations, laws, regulations</span></li> </ul> <span><span> </span></span>
- Autorenportrait
- <span><span>This second edition of </span><span>Historical Dictionary of United States Intelligence</span><span> covers its history through a chronology, an introductory essay, appendixes, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 600 cross-referenced entries on key events, issues, people, operations, laws, regulations, and other items of interest pertaining both to the history and contemporary operations of United States intelligence. This book is an excellent access point for practitioners in the U.S. Intelligence Community, students, and scholars in the academic world, historians of American national security, and legal experts; and general readers wanting to know more about the history of U.S. Intelligence.</span></span>