Bøger af Loch K. Johnson

How has the end of the Cold War affected America's intelligence agencies? When are aggressive clandestine operations justifiable? Should the US engage in more aggressive economic espionage? These are a few of the issues examined in this study of strategic intelligence.

Given recent experiences with terrorism, clearly even the most democratic societies have a legitimate need for secrecy. This secrecy has often been abused, however, and strong oversight systems are necessary to protect individual liberties.

Analyses runoff elections by assembling a data set that includes primary and general election returns for those US states that regularly use runoffs for selecting state legislative, executive, and congressional officials. The authors also draw on data for many municipal offices nationwide and examine court cases and legislative efforts aimed at abolishing or altering runoffs.

The original edition of A Season of Inquiry, first published in 1986, offered an insider's account of the workings of the Church investigation and of the US's espionage agencies. In this new edition the author, then a special assistant to Senator Church, revisits the circumstances surrounding the investigation and subsequent, shocking report and reminds us its continuing relevance.

Johnson, 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.