The Very Best Men: Four Who Dared
Subtitle: The Early Years of the CIA
Edition: New edition
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Published: December 10, 1996
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 432
ISBN-13: 9780684825380
Subjects: American history: postwar, from c 1945 -; Espionage & secret services; Social history; History: American; Government - U.S. Government; History - General History; USA; Intelligence service; Espionage; General; History / General; Central Intelligence Agency; History; United States; United States.
First sentence: IN THE FALL of 1948, Frank Wisner, the newly appointed director of the Office of Policy Coordination, was looking for the very best men.
Description: Research from CIA archives and interviews relate the early history of the CIA and focus on four of the first spymasters--Frank Wisner, Richard Bissell, Tracy Barnes, and Desmond FitzGerald.