Author:
Jeffreys-Jones, Rhodri, author.
Edition Statement:First edition.
ImprintOxford, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2022.
Imprint2022
Descriptionxii, 300 pages ; 23 cm
Note:The Road to U-1 -- The OSS Model -- The Founding of the CIA, 1947 -- Covert Action in the 1950s -- Intelligence in the 1950s -- Bay of Pigs, 1961 -- Vietnam: The Roles of the CIA -- From Reformation to Counter-Reformation in the 1970s -- The Collapse of Soviet Communism in the 1980s -- Iran and Iran-Contra -- Existential Issues, 1990-7 -- 12. Fateful Terror and 9/11 -- The Great Diminishing Reform Act of 2004 -- Estimating Anew and a Military Turn -- Battling al-Qaeda with Assassination and Torture -- Obama's CIA and the Death of bin Laden -- Fake News Comes Home -- Back to Work -- Conclusion -- Appendix: CIA Directors 1947-2022.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-276) and index.
Note:This book presents an overview of the Central Intelligence Agency's (CIA's) origins, successes, and failures, and looks at key events, such as the Bay of Pigs episode. It highlights the CIA's effectiveness, which depended on its standing in the White House, Congress, and public opinion. It also explains how the CIA's success depended on the ability of a president to understand intelligence briefings and his willingness to heed them, which is a function of personality and political priorities. The book looks at the significance of the CIA's standing abroad and affirms that its covert actions were the greatest single cause of anti-Americanism in the post-World War II era.
