03180nam 2200673 450 991078900940332120231110234644.01-4443-5136-21-118-83558-11-118-83563-8(CKB)3710000000093442(EBL)1650836(SSID)ssj0001132326(PQKBManifestationID)11666566(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001132326(PQKBWorkID)11148032(PQKB)11317662(MiAaPQ)EBC1650836(DLC) 2014002384(MiAaPQ)EBC4039096(Au-PeEL)EBL1650836(CaPaEBR)ebr10849231(CaONFJC)MIL584474(OCoLC)874321824(Au-PeEL)EBL4039096(CaPaEBR)ebr11112767(OCoLC)929527452(MiAaPQ)EBC7104123(Au-PeEL)EBL7104123(EXLCZ)99371000000009344220140326h20142014 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe hidden hand a brief history of the CIA /Richard Immerman1st ed.Chichester, England :Wiley-Blackwell,2014.20141 online resource (266 p.)New York Academy of Sciences Includes index.1-118-83562-X 1-4443-5137-0 Includes bibliographical references and index.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 Counterterrorism9/11, 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 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 researchNew York Academy of Sciences 327.1273009Immerman Richard H.473430MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910789009403321The hidden hand3807605UNINA