{"product_id":"bombs-bugs-drugs-and-thugs-intelligence-and-americas-quest-for-security-9780814742532","title":"Bombs Bugs Drugs and Thugs  Intelligence and","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJohnson, author of the acclaimed Secret Agencies and \"an experienced overseer of intelligence\" (Foreign Affairs), here examines the present state and future challenges of American strategic intelligence.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"An eye-opening account of our intelligence establishment.\" * Library Journal *\u003cbr\u003e\"\"An outstanding book, clearly the best recent, up-to-date survey of the American intelligence community, ranking with the top half-dozen ever.\" -- H. Bradford Westerfield,Yale University\u003cbr\u003e\"Loch Johnson is one of the nation's leading scholars on intelligence issues. In this highly readable and provocative study, he explores the activities of the CIA and America's other intelligence agencies since the end of the Cold War. It is a work that is both thorough and objective, with an appealing sensitivity to the need for reforms. As citizens in the United States attempt to sort out and deal with the threats and opportunities that confront us in the this new world, Johnson's insights will help light the way.\" -- Walter F. Mondale\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePART I : An Intelligence Agenda for a New World     1. A Planet Bristling with Bombs and Missiles     2. Stocks and (James) Bonds: Spies in the Global Marketplace     3. The Greening of Intelligence     4. Spies versus Germs: A Worldwide Resurgence of Bugs     PART II: Strategic Intelligence: Fissures in the First Line of Defense     5. The DCI and the Eight-Hundred-Pound Gorilla     6. Spending for Spies     7. Sharing the Intelligence Burden      PART III: Smart Intelligence-and Accountable     8. More Intelligent Intelligence     9. Balancing Liberty and Security","brand":"New York University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405884301655,"sku":"9780814742532","price":23.74,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780814742532.jpg?v=1730493796","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/bombs-bugs-drugs-and-thugs-intelligence-and-americas-quest-for-security-9780814742532","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}