Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

v. 3. Covert action : behind the veils of secret foreign policy. Cov ert action : forward to the past? / Gregory F. Treverton -- Covert acti on : the "quiet option" in international statecraft / Kevin A. O'Brien -- Covert action : the Israeli experience / Ephraim Kahana -- "Such oth er functions and duties" : covert action and American intelligence poli cy / James M. Scott and Jerel A. Rosati -- Covert action : an appraisal of the effects of secret propaganda / Michael A. Turner -- Political a ction as a tool of Presidential statecraft / William J. Daugherty -- Co vert action and the Pentagon / Jennifer D. Kibbe -- Covert action and d iplomacy / John D. Stempel -- From cold war to long war : covert action in U.S. legal context / James E. Baker -- Appendixes. Excerpt from the Church Committee report on the evolution of CIA covert action -- The H ughes-Ryan Act, 1974 -- Covert action decision and reporting pathway -- Examples of Presidential findings for covert action -- The organizatio n during the Cold War of the CIA's Directorate of Operations--home base for covert operations -- The CIA assassination plot in the Congo, 1960 -61 -- The Executive Order prohibiting assassination plots, 1976 -- Whe n covert action subverts U.S. law : the Iran-Contra case.