The Secret History of the CIA
Edition: 1st edition
Publisher: Prima Lifestyles; Forum
Published: October 23, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 432
ISBN-13: 9780761525622
Subjects: Espionage & secret services; History of specific subjects; United States - General; Intelligence service; History; History - Military / War; Politics / Current Events; United States; History: American; USA; Military - Intelligence/Espionage; Espionage; Government - U.S. Government; Political Freedom & Security - Intelligence; History / United States / 20th Century; United States.; Central Intelligence Agency
First sentence: IN THE SOVIET UNION in 1942, the Germans were on the offensive in the Caucasus, and there was no end in sight to the siege of Leningrad.
Description: "The CIA was founded on the best of intentions - to battle the Soviet Empire during the Cold War. For over 50 years, hundreds of men and women in America's foremost intelligence agency have engaged nobly in espionage that was both risky and mysterious, in the name of national security. But the real CIA, as revealed in this book, was an organization haunted from the very beginning by missed opportunities, internal rivalries, mismanagement, and Soviet moles."--BOOK JACKET.