Covert Action
National Approaches to Unacknowledged Intervention
$132.93
- Paperback
416 pages
- Release Date
2 November 2025
Summary
Covert Action: A Comparative International Perspective
“Covert action” is generally understood as politically motivated and plausibly deniable interference by one state in the affairs of another state. It includes propaganda, political or economic subversion, paramilitary action, and assassinations. Covert action is the most consequential and controversial form of secret statecraft, and it has become a ubiquitous feature of international politics. However, it is often sensationalize…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781647126292 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1647126290 |
| Author: | Magda Long, Rory Cormac, Genevieve Lester, Mark Stout, Damien Van Puyvelde, Jeffrey P. Rogg |
| Publisher: | Georgetown University Press |
| Imprint: | Georgetown University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 416 |
| Release Date: | 2 November 2025 |
| Weight: | 703g |
| Dimensions: | 178mm x 254mm |
| Series: | Georgetown Studies in Intelligence History |
Critics Review
Covert Action is a sweeping and cerebral history….The book strings together tightly packed case studies that, taken together, create a surprisingly engaging narrative across cultures and eras.
* The Cipher Brief *Magda Long
Magda Long received her doctorate from King’s College London and is a research fellow at several academic institutions in the United Kingdom and the United States.
Rory Cormac is a professor of international relations at the University of Nottingham.
Genevieve Lester is the lead for intelligence on the Afghanistan War Commission and an associate fellow at the International Institute for Strategic Studies.
Mark Stout, now retired, is the former director of the Master’s in Global Security Studies Program at Johns Hopkins University and a former intelligence officer.
Damien Van Puyvelde is an associate professor and chairs the Intelligence and Security Research Group of the Institute of Security and Global Affairs at Leiden University.
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