Format:
X, 338 Seiten ;
,
25 cm.
ISBN:
0-300-04149-7
,
0-300-05017-8
Note:
Literaturverzeichnis auf Seiten 297 - 317
,
Preface and acknowledgments -- Introduction -- The lessons of American history -- The birth of the CIA -- The mists of Bogota: Expansion and obfuscation -- Surviving McCarthy: A weakness for immunity -- The golden age of operations -- Intelligence in the golden age: The fight for credibility -- Presidential shake-up: Kennedy and the bay of pigs -- Presidential neglect: LBJ and the CIA to June 1966 -- Helms, Johnson, and cosmetic intelligence -- Nixon, Kissinger, and the fruits of manipulation -- Democracy's intelligence flap: Toward a new legitimacy -- Restrained intelligence and the half-won peace -- Ignoring the credible: The CIA in the 1980s -- Conclusion -- List of abbreviations used in the notes -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
Language:
English
Subjects:
Political Science
Keywords:
Central Intelligence Agency
;
Geschichte
;
Demokratie
;
Central Intelligence Agency
;
Central Intelligence Agency
