A question of standing : the history of the CIA / Rhodri Jeffreys-Jones.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Jeffreys-Jones, Rhodri (Author)
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2022.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
United States. > Central Intelligence Agency > History.
Intelligence service > United States > History.
Espionage, American > History.
United States. > Central Intelligence Agency.
Espionage, American.
Intelligence service.
United States.
History.
Genre:
History.
Physical Description:xii, 300 pages ; 23 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Machine generated contents note: 1. The Road to U-1
  • 2. The OSS Model
  • 3. The Founding of the CIA, 1947
  • 4. Covert Action in the 1950s
  • 5. Intelligence in the 1950s
  • 6. Bay of Pigs, 1961
  • 7. Vietnam: The Roles of the CIA
  • 8. From Reformation to Counter-Reformation in the 1970s
  • 9. The Collapse of Soviet Communism in the 1980s
  • 10. Iran and Iran
  • Contra
  • 11. Existential Issues, 1990
  • 7
  • 12. Fateful Terror and 9/11
  • 13. The Great Diminishing Reform Act of 2004
  • 14. Estimating Anew and a Military Turn
  • 15. Battling al-Qaeda with Assassination and Torture
  • 16. Obama's CIA and the Death of bin Laden
  • 17. Fake News Comes Home
  • 18. Back to Work
  • 19. Conclusion.