The CIA and American democracy / / Rhodri Jeffreys-Jones

• Autore: Jeffreys-Jones Rhodri
• Pubblicazione: New Haven, Connecticut : , : Yale University Press, , [2003]; ©2003
• Edizione: Third edition.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (361 pages)
• Disciplina: 327.1273009
• Soggetto topico: Democracy
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (pages [297]-318) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE TO THE THIRD EDITION -- PROLOGUE: September 11 and the Post-Cold War CIA -- INTRODUCTION -- 1. THE LESSONS OF AMERICAN HISTORY -- 2. THE BIRTH OF THE CIA -- 3. THE MISTS OF BOGOTA -- 4. SURVIVING MCCARTHY -- 5. THE GOLDEN AGE OF OPERATIONS -- 6. INTELLIGENCE IN THE GOLDEN AGE -- 7. PRESIDENTIAL SHAKE-UP -- 8. PRESIDENTIAL NEGLECT -- 9. HELMS, JOHNSON, AND COSMETIC INTELLIGENCE -- 10. NIXON, KISSINGER, AND THE FRUITS OF MANIPULATION -- 11. DEMOCRACY'S INTELLIGENCE FLAP -- 12. RESTRAINED INTELLIGENCE AND THE HALF-WON PEACE -- 13. IGNORING THE CREDIBLE -- CONCLUSION -- ABBREVIATIONS USED IN THE NOTES -- NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX
• Sommario/riassunto: This third edition of Rhodri Jeffreys-Jones's engrossing history of the Central Intelligence Agency includes a new prologue that discusses the history of the CIA since the end of the Cold War, focusing in particular on the intelligence dimensions of the terrorist attacks on 9/11.Praise for the earlier editions:"I have read many books on the CIA, but none more searching and still dispassionate. Nor would I have believed that a book of such towering scholarship could still be so lucid and exciting to read."-Daniel Schorr"This is one of the best short histories of the CIA in print, up-to-date and based on a wide range of sources."-Walter Laqueur"Judicious and reasonable. . . . A sophisticated study that should challenge us to take a more serious view about how our democracy formulates its foreign policy."-David P. Calleo, New York Times Book ReviewA brief, yet subtle and penetrating, account of the Central Intelligence Agency."-Leonard Bushkoff, Christian Science Monitor"Subtle and crisply written. . . . A book remarkable for its clarity and lack of bias."-William W. Powers, Jr., International Herald Tribune, Paris
• Altri titoli varianti: CIA & American democracy
• Titolo autorizzato: The CIA and American democracy
• ISBN: 0-300-05017-8; 0-300-20850-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910814456303321
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