A bazooka in the night -- An unlikely terrorist -- The bearded ones -- A conspirator's commandments -- Patience and time do more than violence -- Change of strategy -- Alpha 66 and a man named lee -- The myth of El Che -- Operation Condor -- Is that you, Mr. Bishop? -- A basebal…
"Prior to 9/11, the United States had been carrying out small-scale covert operations in Afghanistan, ostensibly in cooperation with, although often in direct opposition to, I.S.I., the Pakistani intelligence agency. While the United States was trying to quell extremists, a high…
"Resuming the narrative of his Pulitzer Prize-winning Ghost Wars, bestselling author Steve Coll tells for the first time the epic and enthralling story of America's intelligence, military, and diplomatic efforts to defeat Al Qaeda and the Taliban in Afghanistan and Pakistan sinc…
Traces America's intelligence, military, and diplomatic efforts to defeat Al Qaeda and the Taliban in Afghanistan and Pakistan in the years since 9/11, and how the U.S. efforts in the Afghan War faltered because of a failure to understand the intentions of Pakistan's intelligenc…
Machine generated contents note: 1. Politics, the CIA, and the pathology of intelligence reform; 2. Understanding intelligence reform; Part I. Adapting to the Early Cold War: 3. The founding of US Central Intelligence, 1941-1946; 4. US Intelligence and the early Cold War, 1947-1…
"The author of the critically acclaimed bestseller Wild Bill Donovan, tells the story of four OSS warriors of World War II. All four later led the CIA. They are the most famous and controversial directors the CIA has ever had-- Allen Dulles, Richard Helms, William Colby, and Wil…
"This book provides a cross-section of Douglas Valentine's investigations into CIA engagement in terrorism, drugs, and propaganda. Author of three books on CIA operations, Valentine's research into CIA activities began when CIA Director William Colby gave him free access to inte…
"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…
"Perilous Missions" is William M. Leary's detailed operational history of the USA's Civil Air Transport (CAT), taking it through its many forms and uses in Asian conflicts. "Perilous Missions" is William M. Leary's detailed operational history of the USA's Civil Air Transport (C…
Introduction : charting the wilderness -- American spies and American Catholics -- Refining the religious approach -- The great jihad of freedom -- On caring what it is -- Baptizing Vietnam -- Counterinsurgency and the study of world religions -- Iran and revolutionary thinking …
"Kristian Gustafson's Hostile Intent reexamines one of the most controversial chapters in U.S. intelligence history, the Central Intelligence Agency's covert operations in Chile from 1964 to 1974. At the request of successive U.S. presidents, the CIA in conjunction with the Stat…
