Et studie af forholdet mellem USA's udenrigspolitik og USA's efterretningstjeneste, som ved sine hemmelige operationer skabte vanskeligheder for den officielle udenrigspolitik.
The story of the covert wars that were waged in a secretive atmosphere and became the centerpieces and eventual time bombs of American foreign policy in the 1980s.
The story of the covert wars that were waged in a secretive atmosphere and became the centerpieces and eventual time bombs of American foreign policy in the 1980s.
In 1975, fresh out of law school and working a numbing job at the Treasury Department, Rizzo took 'a total shot in the dark' and sent his resume to the Central Intelligence Agency. He had no notion that more than thirty years later, after serving under eleven CIA directors and s…
Bogen er udarbejdet primært på grundlag af en lang række interviews af primært engelske og amerikanske efterretningseksperter. Bogen giver ideer til professionalisering af udveksling af efterretningsdata og forsøger at føre samarbejdet ud af kaos via en tillempet metode. Forfatt…
Examines life in Tibet prior to, during, and after the Chinese takeover and profiles the peaceful Buddhist monks who became warriors--with the assistance of the CIA--to battle Mao's forces.
In a little over a decade, two events have transformed the world: the collapse of the Soviet Union and the rise of militant Islam. This book is the story behind the last battle of the Cold War and how it fueled the new jihad. The author tells how Charlie Wilson, a maverick congr…
"The first book the U.S. Government ever went to court to censor before publication. Published with lengthy blank spaces indicating the exact location and length of the 168 deletions demanded by the CIA"--Jacket
The CIA and the cult of intelligence
by Marchetti, Victor, Marks, John, Wulf, Melvin L.
fromA Borzoi book
"The first book the U.S. Government ever went to court to censor before publication. Published with lengthy blank spaces indicating the exact location and length of the 168 deletions demanded by the CIA"--Jacket.
New revelations-including never-before-published documents-expose the election "dirty tricks" behind the victories of Richard Nixon in '68 and '72, and the secret history of Watergate
"Comprehensively and for the first time, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Steve Coll tells the secret history of the CIA's role in Afghanistan, including its covert program against Soviet troops from 1979 to 1989, and examines the rise of the Taliban, the emergence of bin Laden…