The Central Intelligence Agency

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The Central Intelligence Agency A Documentary History

Scott C. Monje

Book Code: GR5028

ISBN: 0-313-35028-0

ISBN-13: 978-0-313-35028-3

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472 pages, n/a

Greenwood Press

Publication: 6/30/2008

List Price: $69.95 (UK Sterling Price: £39.95)

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Media Type: Hardcover

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Trim Size: 7 x 10

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Description: The Central Intelligence Agency's relative transparency makes it unique among the world's espionage operations. Over the past few decades it has released over 31 million pages of previously classified documents, including, most recently, the so-called Family Jewels, a special collection of records on a series of operations from the 1950s to the 1970s that violated the agency's own legislative charter. Taken together, these papers permit a partial glimpse inside the CIA's clandestine world: how it operates; how it views the outside world; how it gets things right; and, all too often, how it gets them wrong. The documentary selections assembled here, carefully analyzed for content, consistency, and context, guide readers through the CIA's shrouded history and allow readers to sift the evidence for themselves. The principal theme of this new documentary history of the Central Intelligence Agency is the dilemma of maintaining a secret organization in an open society. A democracy rests on accountability, and accountability requires transparency: the people cannot hold their government to account if they do not know what it is doing in their name. At the same time, an intelligence agency lives in a world of shadows. It cannot function if it is not able to keep its sources, its methods, and many of its operations secret. The resulting tension-and the constant temptation to take advantage of the impunity that secrecy allows-has shaped the CIA's history from its beginnings.

Narrative chapters introducing the successive periods of CIA history

Analytical discussion setting the individual documents in context and drawing connections among them

Timeline tracing major developments in CIA history

General bibliography of recommended print and electronic resources for further study

Table of Contents:

Foreword
Introduction
Timeline
1. The Charter
2. The Korean War
3. Cuba
4. Political Assassinations and Illicit Drug Tests
5. At Headquarters in the 1960s: A Brief Note
6. Counterintelligence: The Spies among Us
7. The Search for Foreign Instigators: Operation Chaos and the Intelligence Evaluation Committee
8. CIAs Domestic Activities: The Management Advisory Group
9. Assistance to Police and Other Agencies
10. Chile
11. Watergate
12. The Family Jewels
13. The List of Delicate Matters
14. Nicaragua, with a Side Trip to Iran
15. 9/11
16. The Global War on Terrorism
17. Iraq, Terrorism, and Weapons of Mass Destruction
18. The Iran National Intelligence Estimate
19. Concluding Remarks
Appendix A: Leaders of the United States Intelligence Community
Appendix B: Agencies of the United States Intelligence Community
Selected Bibliography

LC Card Number: 2008010075

LCC Class: JK468

Dewey Class: 327

PDF Catalogs:
Greenwood Spring Reference 2008.pdf


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