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02789aam a22003738i 4500 001 AE93A24C533D11EC9185B7CB4CECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20211202010028 008 211005s2022 nyu b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2021030809 020 $a 0197604412 020 $a 9780197604410 035 $a (OCoLC)1275368951 040 $a LBSOR/DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCF $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a JK468 I6 J668 2022 100 1 $a Johnson, Loch K., $d 1942- $e author. 245 14 $a The third option : $b covert action and American foreign policy / $c Loch K. Johnson. 263 $a 2112 264 1 $a New York, NY : $b Oxford University Press, $c [2022] 300 $a pages cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Introduction: The subterranean world of clandestine interventions -- The forms of covert action -- A ladder of clandestine escalation -- A shadowy foreign policy, 1947-1960 -- Murder most foul, 1960-1975 -- A new approach to covert action, 1975-2000 -- The third option in an age of terror, 2000-2020 -- Legal foundations -- Decision paths and accountability -- Drawing bright lines : ethics and covert action -- The third option reconsidered. 520 $a "Covert action, often called the Third Option, refers to efforts by the United States to secretly influence international affairs through propaganda, as well as political, economic, and paramilitary operations. It is a dimly lit world of secret agents; poison-dart guns; vials of curare, cobra venom, and shellfish toxins; barrels of ink for propaganda tracts; weaponry of all makes and calibers; heavily armed drones and high-powered missiles; speed boats, bombers, and explosives; masks and fake prosthetics; CIA crafted political campaign buttons, bumper stickers, and TV ads written in foreign tongues for use in elections overseas; counterfeit foreign currencies--a largely invisible realm of clandestine activities governed by the best of intentions, yet sometimes yielding the worst of results; a world that merits the thoughtful attention and judgment of every citizen. The purpose here is to offer a frank assessment of this obscure but vital component of America's foreign policy"-- $c Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a Espionage, American $x History. 650 0 $a Propaganda, American $x History. 651 0 $a United States $x Foreign relations $y 1945-1989. 651 0 $a United States $x Foreign relations $y 1989- 776 08 $i Online version: $a Johnson, Loch K., 1942- $t Third option $d New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2022] $z 9780197604434 $w (DLC) 2021030810 941 $a 1 952 $l USUX851 $d 20220303011132.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=AE93A24C533D11EC9185B7CB4CECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search