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Regulating Covert Action

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Covert activity has always been a significant element of international politics. When it has served their interests, governments have secretly disseminated propaganda in other countries, manipulated foreign economies, and abetted coups against their adversaries. What are the circumstances, if any, in which it is lawful, under international law or United States law, to resort to covert action either directly or through local proxies? When is it right to do so?

This book is the first to assess the lawfulness of covert action under United States and international law and to face candidly the implications for democratic states that covert operations pose. Michael Reisman and James E. Baker identify different types of covert actions, discussing a variety of cases that include the Trujillo assassination in 1961, the Rainbow Warrior in 1985, and the raid on Libya in 1986. After explaining the complex operations of the international legal system, they explore trends in decision making and the conditions that accounted for them—whether the covert operations were proactive, defensive, or reactive. They examine in detail the procedures followed in the United States to authorize and oversee covert activity and propose guidelines for political leaders who may contemplate using covert techniques. An appendix reviews twenty years of allegations of covert aggression brought to the attention of the United Nations Security Council.

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  1. ISBN-10
    0300176945
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    978-0300176940
  3. Publisher
    Yale University Press
  4. Publication date
    April 15, 2011
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  6. Language
    English
  7. Dimensions
    9 x 6 x 0.58 inches
  8. Print length
    260 pages
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Yale University Press (April 15, 2011)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 260 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0300176945
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0300176940
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 14.1 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 9 x 6 x 0.58 inches
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Amelia
5.0 out of 5 stars Regulating Covert Action. Outstanding Perceptive Informed
Reviewed in the United States on April 19, 2020
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A comprehensive yet detailed exploration of covert action. If this is a subject of interest to you, or even if you are just curious, this book is an informative, impartial exploration of a complex consequential issue of foreign policy. The authors, Reisman and Baker, use past events as examples informing the discussion. While the book is scholarly it's accessible to the general public too. This should be required reading for every lawmaker, politician, policy-maker and academic. The book concludes with a series of brilliant policy proposals that will, with hope, be embraced and enacted one day.
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Great read. Even though written as a post Cold War book, much of the analysis and principles remain relevant today.
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The item was excellant
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M. Rosen
5.0 out of 5 stars The Clearest Exposition Available
Reviewed in the United States on April 14, 2000
Reisman and Baker bring much needed clarity to an legal area which is controversial and a moving target. Superb exposition. Useful "take aways" for a national security practitioner. Have always enjoyed Reisman's clarity of thought particularly in his analysis of Law of the Sea issues - - he does it again in the area of covert operations.
I hope a second edition is written which analyzes the law of covert operations as it applies to current U.S. Government policies and practices. An analysis of how information operations fits into this overall scheme would also be interesting.
Well done!
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