12936 Basic Books, Inc., Publishers New York, NY, U.S.A. 1987 First Edition, Later Printing Dust Jacket Near Fine Hard Cover Near Fine Purple cloth on boards. Now in clear cover. "For more than thirty years, the United States has spent billions of dollars on ostensibly secret operations all over the world. These covert actions have included everything from propaganda and infiltration of political parties in other countries to clandestine arms sales and full blown paramilitary operations. There are important lessons to be learned from this experience, argues the author. Treverton shows how few these risky actions could b kept secret for long. Indeed, most were not so much secret as unacknowledged, and once begun have proved hard to turn off, both because of bureaucratic commitments within the government, and because we did not control the forces we were supporting. Underlying all these considerations, Treverton concludes, is the still unresolved problem of a democracy engaging in secret operations that often run beyond the control of the American people and their elected representatives." $18.00USD
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