Overview

Full Product Details

9780415947848

Table of Contents

Reviews

One is impressed by the maturity and sophistication of this work, as well as by the extraordinary breadth and depth of the research. The author's access to hitherto classified materials ensures the reader of fresh information and insights. All of this constitutes a well-organized and clearly written outstanding whole. -Charles D. Ameringer, author of U.S. Foreign Intelligence: The Secret Side of American History This well-crafted and path-breaking study carefully reconstructs the roles played by U.S. military and naval attaches in America's relations with three Latin American nations experiencing coups and revolutions in the 1950s and 1960s. -Peter Karsten, author of The Military in America In these times of new preemptive policies in other, less amenable, parts of the world, Kirkland provides us with a small, but pointed lesson on the importance of good intelligence to decision making. . -Journal of Military History

One is impressed by the maturity and sophistication of this work, as well as by the extraordinary breadth and depth of the research. The author's access to hitherto classified materials ensures the reader of fresh information and insights. All of this constitutes a well-organized and clearly written outstanding whole. <br>-Charles D. Ameringer, author of U.S. Foreign Intelligence: The Secret Side of American History <br> This well-crafted and path-breaking study carefully reconstructs the roles played by U.S. military and naval attaches in America's relations with three Latin American nations experiencing coups and revolutions in the 1950s and 1960s. <br>-Peter Karsten, author of The Military in America <br> In these times of new preemptive policies in other, less amenable, parts of the world, Kirkland provides us with a small, but pointed lesson on the importance of good intelligence to decision making.<br>. <br>-Journal of Military History <br>

One is impressed by the maturity and sophistication of this work, as well as by the extraordinary breadth and depth of the research. The author's access to hitherto classified materials ensures the reader of fresh information and insights. All of this constitutes a well-organized and clearly written outstanding whole. -- Charles D. Ameringer, author of U.S. Foreign Intelligence: The Secret Side of American History This well-crafted and path-breaking study carefully reconstructs the roles played by U.S. military and naval attaches in America's relations with three Latin American nations experiencing coups and revolutions in the 1950s and 1960s. -- Peter Karsten, author of The Military in America In these times of new preemptive policies in other, less amenable, parts of the world, Kirkland provides us with a small, but pointed lesson on the importance of good intelligence to decision making. . -- Journal of Military History

Author Information

Robert O. Kirkland

Tab Content 6

Customer Reviews

Recent Reviews

Countries Available