The security dilemma and covert action: The Truman years

International Journal of Intelligence and CounterIntelligence

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 403-427

  Anderson, Elizabeth E ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84997733743     PISSN: 08850607     EISSN: 15210561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08850609808435385     Document Type: Article

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