The Central Intelligence Agency: An Instrument of Government to 1950 - Couverture souple

Darling, Arthur B.

 
9780271007175: The Central Intelligence Agency: An Instrument of Government to 1950
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0271007176 ISBN 13 : 9780271007175
Editeur : Pennsylvania State University Press, 1990

Synopsis

This unique history offers the most detailed and best documented account of the early years of the CIA currently available. It reveals the political and bureaucratic struggles that accompanied the creation of the modern U. S. intelligence community. In addition, it proposes a theory of effective intelligence organization, applied both to the movement to create the CIA and to the form it eventually took.

The period covered by this study was crucially important because it was during this time that the main battles over the establishment, responsibilities, and turf of the agency were fought. Many of these disputes framed the forty years, such as the relationship of the CIA to other government agency intelligence operations, the role of covert action, and Congressional oversight of the intelligence community.

The sources upon which Darling drew for this study include the files of the National Security Council, the wartime files of the OSS, and interviews and correspondence with many of the principal players.

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À propos des auteurs

Arthur B. Darling taught American history at Yale University and Phillips Academy. From 1952 to 1954 he served as historian for the CIA.

Bruce D. Berkowitz has held various positions in the intelligence community and also served on the staff of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence.

Allan E. Goodman, Associate Dean of the School of Foreign Service and Professor of International Affairs at Georgetown University, was employed by the CIA from 1975 to 1980, serving as Presidential Briefing Coordinator for the Director of Central Intelligence in 1979-1980.

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Éditeur
Pennsylvania State University Press
Date d'édition
1990
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0271007176
ISBN 13 
9780271007175
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
544
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
non disponible

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9780271033297: The Central Intelligence Agency: An Instrument of Government, to 1950

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  0271033290 ISBN 13 :  9780271033297
Editeur : Pennsylvania State University Press, 1990
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