Descript |
xxii, 338 p. ; 24 cm. |
Edition |
3rd ed. |
Contents |
Prologue: 9/11 and the Post-Cold War CIA -- Introduction -- The lessons of American history -- The birth of the CIA -- The mists of Bogota: Expansion and obfuscation -- Surviving McCarthy: A weakness for immunity -- The golden age of operations -- Intelligence in the golden age: The fight for credibility -- Presidential shake-up: Kennedy and the Bay of Pigs -- Presidential neglect: LBJ and the CIA to June 1966 -- Helms, Johnson, and cosmetic intelligence -- Nixon, Kissinger, and the fruits of manipulation -- Democracy's intelligence flap: Toward a new legitimacy -- Restrained intelligence and the half-won peace -- Ingnoring the credible: The CIA in the 1980s -- Conclusion. |
ISBN |
9780300099485 (pbk.) |
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0300099487 (pbk.) |
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