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Record Nr.

UNINA9910709682703321

Titolo

Emergence of the intelligence establishment / / editors C. Thomas Thorne, Jr., David S. Patterson ; general editor Glenn W. LaFantasie

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, DC : , : Department of State : , : Office of the Historian, Bureau of Public Affairs

Washington : , : United States Government Printing Office, , 1996

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (various pagings)

Collana

Foreign relations of the United States ; ; 1945-1950

Department of State publication ; ; 10316

Disciplina

327.7

Soggetti

Intelligence service - United States - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Hyperlinks for each section.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preface -- List of Sources -- List of Abbreviations -- List of Persons -- Emergence of the Intelligence Establishment : Founding of the national intelligence structure, August 1945-January 1946 -- Department of State intelligence -- From the Strategic Services Unit to the Office of Special Operations -- Souers' tenure as Director of Central Intelligence -- Vandenberg's tenure as Director of Central Intelligence -- The National Security Act of 1947 -- Psychological and political warfare -- Hillenkoetter's tenure as Director of Central Intelligence -- National Security Council Intelligence directives, 1947-1950 -- Index.