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Traces the evolution of covert action and counterintelligence through US history from the end of World War II: the successes and failures; the products and the processes; and the organizations. The book is an examination of the gap between current US practice and ideal capabilities and performance.

Newer, fragile states often lack the police, administrative, and economic resources needed to govern effectively, and many cannot provide basic goods and services to significant sectors of their population. The vacuum inside these states is being filled by armed groups and political movements that are growing in both numbers and capability. The global competition for power, influence, and legitimacy leads to struggles for control of populations, territory, and resources. ; https://digital-commons.usnwc.edu/ciwag-case-studies/1005/thumbnail.jpg

The collaboration of political establishments with the professional criminal underworld is an increasingly important threat to international security. Political criminal networks (PCNs) threaten the functioning of society at local, national, & transnational levels, especially in weak states, using violence & intimidation. Political elites cooperate with criminals resulting in corruption. The political, cultural, & economic structures motivating PCNs to form are discussed, citing examples from Sicily, Hong Kong, & Colombia. Economic & law enforcement approaches to curtail PCNs have been inadequate because of their complex motivations, the lack of focus on PCNs per se, & limited resources. Global security requires a strategic partnership between governmental & nongovernmental sectors in this area. M. Pflum

Based on testimony before the US House of Representatives, Mar. 27, and the US Senate, Mar. 31, 1980.