The Foundation of the CIA : Harry Truman, The Missouri Gang, and the Origins of the Cold War / / Richard E. Schroeder

• Autore: Schroeder Richard E
• Pubblicazione: Columbia, MO : , : University of Missouri Press, , 2017; Baltimore, Md. : , : Project MUSE, , 2017; ©2017
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (186 pages)
• Disciplina: 327.1273009
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: American National Intelligence: from the Revolutionary Army to World War II -- America in World War II and the beginnings of central intelligence -- William J. Donovan and the Office of Strategic Services -- Harry Truman, Sidney Souers, and the next steps -- The CIA, Roscoe Hillenkoetter, and the Cold War.
• Sommario/riassunto: "This highly accessible book provides new material and a fresh perspective on American National Intelligence practice, focusing on the first fifty years of the twentieth century, when the United States took on the responsibilities of a global superpower during the first years of the Cold War. Late to the art of intelligence, the United States during World War II created a new model of combining intelligence collection and analytic functions into a single organization--the OSS. At the end of the war, President Harry Truman and a small group of advisors developed a new, centralized agency directly subordinate to and responsible to the President, despite entrenched institutional resistance. Instrumental to the creation of the CIA was a group known colloquially as the "Missouri Gang," which included not only President Truman but equally determined fellow Missourians Clark Clifford, Sidney Souers, and Roscoe Hillenkoetter." -- Book Jacket.
• Titolo autorizzato: The Foundation of the CIA
• ISBN: 0-8262-7393-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910794704003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II