A World of Secrets: The Uses and Limits of Intelligence. By Walter Laqueur. (New York: Basic Books, 1985. Pp. xii + 404. $14.95.)

Harry Howe Ransom

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A World of Secrets: The Uses and Limits of Intelligence. By Walter Laqueur. (New York: Basic Books, 1985. Pp. xii + 404. $21.95.) - Regulating U.S. Intelligence Operations: A Study in Definition of the National Interest. By John M. Oseth. (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1985. Pp. xvii + 236. $24.00.) - A Season of Inquiry: The Senate Intelligence Investigation. By Loch K. Johnson. (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1985. Pp. 317. $31.00.) - Secrecy and Democracy: The CIA in Transition. By Stansfield Turner. (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1985. Pp. xii + 304. $16.95.) - Intelligence Policy and Process. Edited by Alfred C. Maurer. Marion D. Tunstall, and James M. Keagle. (Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1985. Pp. viii + 399. $20.00.) - Knowing One's Enemies: Intelligence Assessments Before the Two World Wars. Edited by Ernest R. May. (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1984. Pp. xiii + 561. $29.50.) - The Missing Dimension: Governments and Intelligence Communities in the Twentieth Century. Edited by Christopher Andrew and David Dilks. (Champaign-Urbana: University of Illinois Press. 1984. Pp. vi 300. $27.95.) - Domestic Intelligence and Intelligence and Policy. Vols. 6 and 7 of Intelligence Requirements for the 1980s. Edited by Roy Godson. (Lexington, MA: Lexington Books, 1986. Vol. 6; Pp. xiv + 192. $14.95. Vol. 7. Pp. xii + 290. $14.95.)

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A World of Secrets: The Uses and Limits of Intelligence. By Walter Laqueur. (New York: Basic Books, 1985. Pp. xii + 404. $21.95.) - Regulating U.S. Intelligence Operations: A Study in Definition of the National Interest. By John M. Oseth. (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1985. Pp. xvii + 236. $24.00.) - A Season of Inquiry: The Senate Intelligence Investigation. By Loch K. Johnson. (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1985. Pp. 317. $31.00.) - Secrecy and Democracy: The CIA in Transition. By Stansfield Turner. (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1985. Pp. xii + 304. $16.95.) - Intelligence Policy and Process. Edited by Alfred C. Maurer. Marion D. Tunstall, and James M. Keagle. (Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1985. Pp. viii + 399. $20.00.) - Knowing One's Enemies: Intelligence Assessments Before the Two World Wars. Edited by Ernest R. May. (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1984. Pp. xiii + 561. $29.50.) - The Missing Dimension: Governments and Intelligence Communities in the Twentieth Century. Edited by Christopher Andrew and David Dilks. (Champaign-Urbana: University of Illinois Press. 1984. Pp. vi 300. $27.95.) - Domestic Intelligence and Intelligence and Policy. Vols. 6 and 7 of Intelligence Requirements for the 1980s. Edited by Roy Godson. (Lexington, MA: Lexington Books, 1986. Vol. 6; Pp. xiv + 192. $14.95. Vol. 7. Pp. xii + 290. $14.95.)

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