The president's kill list: assassination and US foreign policy since 1945

2025/07/07 by Eleanor Leah Williams · 1 voice
Social Sciences · #Intelligence, Security, War Strategy

paper · doi:10.1080/18335330.2025.2521556

openalex publication_date 2025/07/07 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/14

Abstract

During my own doctoral research on the ethics of state intelligence in the contexts of the conflicts in Northern Ireland and Colombia, I became increasingly aware of the growing use of assassinatio...

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