Covert operations as a tool of presidential foreign policy in American history from 1800 to 1920 : foreign policy in the shadows / John J. Carter.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Covert Action: Foreign Policy in the Shadows -- Understanding the Dynamics of Covert Action -- Covert Actions of the Thomas Jefferson Administration, 1801-1809 -- Covert Actions of the James Madison Administration, 1809-1817 -- Agent of Influence Operations in the James Monroe and John Quincy Adams Administrations, 1817-1829 -- Andrew Jackson and the Expanded Role of Diplomatic Agents of Influence, 1829-1837 -- Covert Action Comes Home: John Tyler's Propaganda Operation in Maine, 1841-1842 -- Covert Action and Westward Expansion in the Polk Administration, 1845-1849 -- Covert Action and A House Divided: Propaganda Operations in the Lincoln Administration, 1861-1865 -- The End of the Beginning: The Establishment of the Covert Option in the Early Republic -- Covert Action in the Grant Administration, 1869-1877 -- Covert Actions in the Arthur Administration, 1881-1885 -- Covert Actions in the Benjamin Harrison Administration, 1889-1893 --

Covert Actions in the William McKinley Administration, 1897-1901 -- Covert Action in the Theodore Roosevelt Administration -- Covert Action in the Wilson Administration.