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Season of Inquiry Revisited
Loch K. Johnson
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Description for Season of Inquiry Revisited
Num Pages: 416 pages, 2 Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPSH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 825.
The original edition of A Season of Inquiry, first published in 1986, offered the public an insider’s account of the workings of the Church investigation and of the nation’s espionage agencies, including the CIA’s covert action against the democratically elected regime of Salvador Allende in Chile. 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—in instances such as the Iran-Contra investigation, the 9/11 and Iraqi WMD intelligence failures, the Edward Snowden affair, and, most recently, the US Senate Torture Report. ... Read more
The original edition of A Season of Inquiry, first published in 1986, offered the public an insider’s account of the workings of the Church investigation and of the nation’s espionage agencies, including the CIA’s covert action against the democratically elected regime of Salvador Allende in Chile. 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—in instances such as the Iran-Contra investigation, the 9/11 and Iraqi WMD intelligence failures, the Edward Snowden affair, and, most recently, the US Senate Torture Report. ... Read more
Product Details
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University Press of Kansas United States
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
Number of Pages
416
Format
Hardback
Place of Publication
Kansas, United States
ISBN
9780700621477
SKU
V9780700621477
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About Loch K. Johnson
Loch K. Johnson is Regents Professor of International Affairs in the School of International and Public Affairs at the University of Georgia. He is the author of many books, most recently The Threat on the Horizon: An Inside Account of America’s Search for Security After the Cold War.
Reviews for Season of Inquiry Revisited
“Forty years after the Church Committee lifted the veil on the covert operations of the FBI and CIA, the national security issues that the investigation raised remain all too relevant. As both a committee insider and a scholar, Loch Johnson provides a lively, reliable, and insightful account of how that investigation operated, what it uncovered, and what reforms it prompted.” ... Read more