For the president's eyes only, secret intelligence and the American presidency from Washington to Bush, Christopher Andrew
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For the president's eyes only, secret intelligence and the American presidency from Washington to Bush, Christopher Andrew
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eng
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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index present
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non fiction
Main title
For the president's eyes only
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bibliography
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31377151
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Christopher Andrew
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secret intelligence and the American presidency from Washington to Bush
Summary
A thorough and revealing examination of how American presidents from Washington to Bush have used or misused secret intelligence--by the coauthor of the highly acclaimed KGB: The Inside Story
Table Of Contents
Introduction: the president and intelligence -- From George Washington to the twentieth century -- The First World War and after: from Woodrow Wilson to Herbert Hoover -- Franklin D. Roosevelt: the path to Pearl Harbor -- Roosevelt at war (1941-45) -- Harry S. Truman (1945-53) -- Dwight D. Eisenhower (1953-61) -- John F. Kennedy (1961-63) -- Lyndon B. Johnson (1963-69) -- Richard M. Nixon (1969-74) -- Gerald R. Ford (1974-77) -- Jimmy Carter (1977-81) -- Ronald Reagan (1981-89) -- George Bush (1989-93) -- Conclusion: intelligence after the Cold War
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