The role of covert action in intelligence and foreign policy
The "romances" of covert action
Covert action policy and pitfalls
The military and peacetime covert action
The discipline of covert action
Approval and review of covert action programs in the modern era
Harry S. Truman
Dwight D. Eisenhower
John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson
Richard M. Nixon and Gerald R. Ford
Jimmy Carter
Ronald W. Reagan
George H.W. Bush and William J. Clinton
Conclusion.