The Wizards of Langley
Subtitle: Inside the CIA's Directorate of Science and Technology
Publisher: Westview Press
Published: July 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 386
ISBN-13: 9780813366999
Subjects: Espionage & secret services; United States; Political Process - Leadership; History - Military / War; Scientific Methodology And Research; U.S. Government - Intelligence Agencies; Research & Methodology; Political Science; Political Freedom & Security - International Secur; Military; USA; Intelligence service; Espionage; Military - Intelligence/Espionage; Directorate of Science and Tec; Central Intelligence Agency; Directorate of Science and Technology; History
First sentence: On July 26, 1947, while waiting for Air Force One to fly him to see his dying mother, President Harry S Truman took care of some important government business.
Description: "In 1956, the CIA dramatically breached the Iron Curtain when its U-2 began overflying Soviet territory to photograph that nation's military installations. Four years later, the Soviets would shoot down pilot Francis Gary Powers and his U-2, thereby ceasing these missions. Within months, however, the CIA had another, and better, technical program in operation - the CORONA satellite.

Throughout the Cold War and beyond, the CIA's scientific wizards would continue to devise high-tech ways to collect and analyze information about potential adversaries. Their mission was of such importance that a new branch of the CIA was created - the Directorate of Science and Technology.".

"In this first full-length study of the CIA's Directorate of Science and Technology, author Jeffrey T. Richelson introduces us to key personalities who helped shape the directorate: Edwin Land of Polaroid, Albert Wheelon, Carl Duckett, and others who operated secretly within the directorate such as Antonio Mendez, whose "technical service" skills helped six Americans escape Iran after the seizure of the U.S. Embassy in 1979."--BOOK JACKET.
Table of contents: title: Preface
pagenum: ix; title: Acknowledgments
pagenum: xiii; label: Chapter 1
title: Unexpected Missions
pagenum: 1; label: Chapter 2
title: False Start
pagenum: 39; label: Chapter 3
title: A New Beginning
pagenum: 67; label: Chapter 4
title: Space Reconnaissance Wars
pagenum: 102; label: Chapter 5
title: Change of Command
pagenum: 131; label: Chapter 6
title: Empire
pagenum: 161; label: Chapter 7
title: Cracks in the Empire
pagenum: 194; label: Chapter 8
title: Breaking Down Barriers
pagenum: 222; label: Chapter 9
title: A New World
pagenum: 243; label: Chapter 10
title: Agile Intelligence
pagenum: 264; label: Chapter 11
title: Uncertain Future
pagenum: 280; title: Appendix 1: DS&T Components
pagenum: 293; title: Appendix 2: DS&T Leadership
pagenum: 295; title: Acronyms and Abbreviations
pagenum: 299; title: Notes
pagenum: 303; title: Sources
pagenum: 355; title: Index
pagenum: 373