The complete idiot's guide to the CIA
By: by Allan A. Swenson and Michael Benson.
Contributors: Benson, Michael.
Publisher: Alpha Books
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Indianapolis, IN
Language: eng
Number of pages: 315
Subjects: United States. Central Intelligence Agency -- History.; Intelligence service -- United States -- History.; United States -- Foreign relations -- 1945-1989.; United States -- Foreign relations -- 1989-
Other titles: CIA
Description: The history of the Central Intelligence Agency and its role in world events since its creation in 1947.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [275]-293), glossary, and index.
Table of contents: title: The world's second oldest profession. The CIA's mission : intelligence. A who's who of the CIA. A tour of CIA headquarters. The intelligence community. So you want to be a spy?; title: Fathers of intelligence. WWII origins. CIA's leaders. Brothers in espionage : foreign intelligence agencies. Gadgets and gizmos; title: The CIA on the front lines of the Cold War. Berlin : the Wall. Cold Wars and covert actions : the CIA on the frontline. Other wars : Vietnam and the Gulf. Bay of Pigs and Cuban missiles. Mind control experiments. Spying from above; title: Watergate. Traitors; title: Keeping the terror at bay. Terrorism : the new enemy. CIA on the front lines. The ongoing war. Global flashpoints in the war on terror.