Author Description

Based On Recently Declassified Documents, This Book Provides The First Examination Of The Truman Administration's Decision To Employ Covert Operations In The Cold War...in This Volume, The Author Looks At Three Central Questions: Why Were These Types Of Operations Adopted? Why Were They Conducted In Such As Haphazard Manner? And, Why, Once It Became Clear That They Were Not Working, Did The Administration Fail To Abandon Them?--provided By Publisher (inside Book) Acknowledgments --introduction--dancing On The Roof Of The St. Regis Hotel-- A Strategic Monstrosity-- The Inauguration Of Political Warfare --an Elucidation Of Imponderables That Defy Close Analysis -- A Clinical Experiment -- A Few Martyrs -- Ye Strategic Concept For Ye Cold Warre -- The War Of The Potomac -- Conclusion -- Notes-- Bibliography--index. Sarah-jane Corke. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [221]-232) And Index.