Immerman The Hidden Hand

A Brief History of the CIA
1. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-1-118-83558-6
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 264 Seiten, E-Book

The Hidden Hand is a succinct accessible and up-to-datesurvey of the Central Intelligence Agency's history from itsinception in 1947 to the present.
* Covers both aspects of the CIA's mission - thecollection and analysis of intelligence and the execution offoreign policy through covert, paramilitary operations
* De-mythologizes the CIA's role in America's globalaffairs while addressing its place within American political andpopular culture
* Written by an esteemed scholar and high-ranking officer in theintelligence community, drawing on the latest research
* Assesses the agency's successes and failures, with an eyeto the complex and controversial nature of the subject

Autoren/Hrsg.

Immerman, Richard H.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface and Acknowledgments ix
Note on Redactions xiii
1 Birth of an Enigma: 1945-1949 1
2 Halcyon Days and Growing Pains: 1950-1961 35
3 The CIA and its Discontents: 1961-1976 70
4 A Time of Troubles: 1977-1987 108
5 Victory Without Redemption: 1988-2000 138
6 9/11, WMD, GWOT, IRTPA, and ODNI: 2001-2004 172
7 Crisis of Identity: 2005-2013 206
Index 235

Über Autor(innen)

Richard H. Immerman is Professor and Edward J. ButhusiemDistinguished Fellow in History at Temple University andMarvin Wachman Director of its Center for the Study of Force andDiplomacy. The recipient of the Society for Historians ofAmerican Foreign Relations' Bernath Book Prize in 1983 and itsBernath Lecture Prize in 1990, he served as SHAFR's presidentin 2007. His most recent publications include The OxfordHandbook of the Cold War (2013) and Empire for Liberty: AHistory of U.S. Imperialism from Benjamin Franklin to PaulWolfowitz (2012). From September 2007-December 2008, he servedas Assistant Deputy Director of National Intelligence for AnalyticIntegrity and Standards and Analytic Ombudsman for the Office ofthe Director of National Intelligence. He currently chairs theHistorical Advisory Committee to the U.S. Department of State.