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Autore |
Immerman Richard H. |
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Titolo |
The hidden hand : a brief history of the CIA / / Richard Immerman |
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Chichester, England : , : Wiley-Blackwell, , 2014 |
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©2014 |
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1-4443-5136-2 |
1-118-83558-1 |
1-118-83563-8 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (266 p.) |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Preface and Acknowledgments; Note on Redactions; Birth of an Enigma: 1945-1949; Geneology; Covert and Paramilitary Operations; Halcyon Days and Growing Pains: 1950-1961; Operations Eclipse Analysis; Spies in the Sky; The CIA and its Discontents: 1961-1976; 13 Days in October; Vietnam; Nixon, Ford, and the Year of Intelligence; A Time of Troubles: 1977-1987; The Carter Calamity; The Reagan Revival; Victory Without Redemption: 1988-2000; Estimating an End to the Cold War; Assessing Afghanistan; The Challenge of Counterterrorism |
9/11, WMD, GWOT, IRTPA, and ODNI: 2001-2004Global War on Terror; Irresistible Impulse for Reform; Crisis of Identity: 2005-2013; The Resurgence of the CIA; The Militarization of Intelligence; Index |
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The Hidden Hand is a succinct accessible and up-to-date survey of the Central Intelligence Agency's history from its inception in 1947 to the present. Covers both aspects of the CIA's mission - the collection and analysis of intelligence and the execution of foreign policy through covert, paramilitary operationsDe-mythologizes the CIA's role in America's global affairs while addressing its place within American political and popular cultureWritten by an esteemed scholar and high-ranking officer in the intelligence community, drawing on the latest research |
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