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Code Names : Deciphering U. S. Military Plans, Programs and Operations in the 9/11 World by William M. Arkin (2005, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherSteerforth Press
ISBN-101586420836
ISBN-139781586420833
eBay Product ID (ePID)43115722
Product Key Features
Book TitleCode Names : Deciphering U. S. Military Plans, Programs and Operations in the 9/11 World
Number of Pages512 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicPublic Policy / Military Policy, Terrorism, Military / United States, General
Publication Year2005
IllustratorYes
GenrePolitical Science, History
AuthorWilliam M. Arkin
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.6 in
Item Weight33.4 Oz
Item Length9.1 in
Item Width6.3 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2004-025039
Dewey Edition22
Reviews"Full of useful information not only for scholars and practitioners of intelligence, but for any serious newspaper reader." -- Patrick Radden Keefe, author of Chatter, in the New York Review of Books "William Arkin's Code Names will rock the National Security Community. We do not agree on any issue, my problem when we argue is that unlike most of his ilk, he researches the facts thoroughly and has impeccable integrity. Code Names scares the hell out of me because Arkin dredged up so many secrets and turned them into a comprehensive tour of our national security efforts around the globe. This book lays out for the reader what China, Israel, France and Russia probably spent billions trying to find out. It will become the basic reference book for those who study our foreign affairs, unfortunately that includes every spy agency around the world. This book shows the dysfunctional aspects of our all too frequent over-classification process that blocks our agencies from working together, hides waste and stifles debate of important issues. Most of all it proves we need to rethink how we protect our secrets in the information age." -- Charles A. Horner, General USAF (Ret.), commander of coalition air forces in Operation Desert Storm, and former commander, U.S. Space Command Code Names "lays bare for the first time much of the secret infrastructure of defense and intelligence today." -- Steven Aftergood in Secrecy News "William Arkin makes amateurs of all of us who think we know something about America's constantly expanding hidden world. Code Names is quite simply a stunning array of secrets and super-secrets that Arkin has put together in a way that makes it easy for any citizen to comprehend - and decide for himself or herself whether such activities are consistent with democracy and good government." -- Seymour Hersh, "Full of useful information not only for scholars and practitioners of intelligence, but for any serious newspaper reader." -- Patrick Radden Keefe, author of Chatter , in the New York Review of Books "William Arkin's Code Names will rock the National Security Community. We do not agree on any issue, my problem when we argue is that unlike most of his ilk, he researches the facts thoroughly and has impeccable integrity. Code Names scares the hell out of me because Arkin dredged up so many secrets and turned them into a comprehensive tour of our national security efforts around the globe. This book lays out for the reader what China, Israel, France and Russia probably spent billions trying to find out. It will become the basic reference book for those who study our foreign affairs, unfortunately that includes every spy agency around the world. This book shows the dysfunctional aspects of our all too frequent over-classification process that blocks our agencies from working together, hides waste and stifles debate of important issues. Most of all it proves we need to rethink how we protect our secrets in the information age." -- Charles A. Horner, General USAF (Ret.), commander of coalition air forces in Operation Desert Storm, and former commander, U.S. Space Command Code Names "lays bare for the first time much of the secret infrastructure of defense and intelligence today." -- Steven Aftergood in Secrecy News "William Arkin makes amateurs of all of us who think we know something about America's constantly expanding hidden world. Code Names is quite simply a stunning array of secrets and super-secrets that Arkin has put together in a way that makes it easy for any citizen to comprehend - and decide for himself or herself whether such activities are consistent with democracy and good government." -- Seymour Hersh
Dewey Decimal973.931
SynopsisIdentifies more than 3,000 codenames used by the U.S. Military since the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and details the plans and missions for which they stand. Arkin examines the explosion in code names and coded strategies in the light of the War on Terror, lists the actual codes and reasons for their existence and offers a directory of countries with whom the U.S. are militarily or covertly involved. Includes a glossary of terms and acronyms., Addressing the growing emphasis on secrecy in the post-9/11 world, a defense analyst identifies more than three thousand code names and explains the missions and plans for which they stand.
LC Classification NumberUA23.A689 2005
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