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1	Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA more books like this by Tim Weiner add to wishlist Covering the Central Intelligence Agencys less-than-stellar reputation over its 60-year existence, this work by a Pulitzer Prize-winning author is based on more than 50,000 documents, primarily from the archives of the CIA itself, and hundreds of interviews with CIA veterans. see all copies from $3.00! new only from $9.49! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	Roosevelt's Secret War: FDR and World War II Espionage more books like this by Joseph Persico add to wishlist This secret history of World War II reveals an extensive and innovative intelligence network created and managed by Roosevelt himself from the oval office. Persico tells many tales of intrigue and reveals secrets about spy operations by and against both Germany and Japan. He shows how this project laid the groundwork for what was to become the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.42! \| first editions \| SVS
3	A Question of Torture: CIA Interrogation, from the Cold War to the War on Terror more books like this by Professor Alfred W McCoy add to wishlist In this revelatory account of the CIAUs secret, 50-year effort to develop new forms of torture, historian Alfred W. McCoy uncovers the deep, disturbing roots of recent scandals at Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo. Far from aberrations, these abuses are the product of a long-standing covert program of interrogation. see all copies from $2.81! new only from $2.81! \| first editions \| SVS
4	Intelligence Wars: American Secret History from Hitler to Al-Qaeda more books like this by Thomas Powers add to wishlist From the author of "The Man Who Kept the Secrets, " these essays about U.S. intelligence services trace a history of brilliant successes, ghastly failures, and gripping uncertainties. They range from the exploits of "Wild Bill" Donovan during World War II to such urgent contemporary issues as whether the CIA is up to the challenge of defending ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
5	Traitors Among Us: Inside the Spy Catcher's World more books like this by Stuart A Herrington add to wishlist In the tradition of "The Falcon and the Snowman" an top Army counter-intelligence officer presents remarkable true stories of catching spies and rooting out traitors. 32 photos. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $25.00! \| first editions
6	The Very Best Men: The Daring Early Years of the CIA more books like this by Evan Thomas add to wishlist The four men who ran covert operations for the CIA during the early years were known as the "clique". They came from an elite class that believed it was their duty in life to run the world; it was the lesson they learned from winning World War II, and it was their job in Washington. This was the high age of the CIA, when it was the president's ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| SVS
7	Cloak and Dollar: A History of American Secret Intelligence more books like this by Professor Rhodri Jeffreys-Jones add to wishlist A history of American secret intelligence from the founding of the nation to the present day. Rhodri Jeffreys-Jones chronicles the extraordinary expansion of American secret intelligence from the 1790s, when George Washington set aside a discretionary fund for covert operations, to the beginning of the 21st century, when United States intelligence ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.90! \| first editions
8	Traitors Among Us more books like this by Stuart A Herrington add to wishlist As director of the elite Foreign Counterintelligence Activity, author Stuart Herrington was the U.S. Army's top counterintelligence officer. In this thrilling and informative account he details one of the most damaging and delicate cases of espionage ever committed against the United States. Between 1972 and 1988, thousands of highly classified ... see all copies from $2.99! new only from $18.09! \| first editions \| SVS
9	Complete Idiot's Guide to the CIA: 5 more books like this by Allan Swenson, Michael Benson add to wishlist -- Co-author Allan Swenson is a veteran CIA operative; he was active in the 1960s and 1970s -- considered by experts to be the heyday of the Agency. -- The inner workings of the Central Intelligence Agency are the stuff of legend, and have formed the basis for scores of successful movies, books, and TV shows. -- Since the horrific events of 9/11, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $38.16! \| first editions
10	Eternal Vigilance?: 50 Years of the CIA more books like this by Professor Rhodri Jeffreys-Jones (Editor), Christopher Andrew (Editor) add to wishlist In February 1947 the White House submitted to Congress a bill for the unification of the armed forces which, in its 102nd clause, provided for the establishment of a central intelligence agency. Congress approved the bill on 26 July, the National Security Act came into force on 19 September and the following day the modest Central Intelligence ... see all copies from $28.30! new only from $44.79! \| SVS
11 view cover	Western Intelligence and the Collapse of the Soviet Union 1980-1990: Ten Years That Did Not Shake the World more books like this by David Arbel, Ran Edelist add to wishlist In the second half of 1991, the Soviet Union collapsed. It was an event of major historic and global dimensions, yet this strategic transformation of international relations took the entire world totally by suprise - despite the fact that the West saw in the Communist power an ideological foe and a major military threat. During the 1980s Western ... see all copies from $117.05! new only from $164.94! \| SVS
12 view cover	General Walter Bedell Smith as Director of Central Intelligence, October 1950-February 1953 more books like this by Ludwell Lee Montague add to wishlist This book continues the official history of the CIA begun in Arthur Darling's The Central Intelligence Agency Ludwell Lee Montague's book is one of the first documents, along with Darling's history, to be declassified and made available under the CIA's Historical Review Program, launched in 1985. Montague was a leading government official who ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $31.55! \| SVS
13 view cover	U.S. Intelligence and the Nazis more books like this by Norman J W Goda, Timothy Naftali, Robert Wolfe add to wishlist This book is a direct result of the 1998 Nazi War Crimes Disclosure Act. Drawing upon many documents declassified under this law, the authors demonstrate what US intelligence agencies learned about Nazi crimes during World War II and about the nature of Nazi intelligence agencies' role in the Holocaust. It examines how some U.S. corporations found ... see all copies from $22.00! new only from $24.29! \| first editions
14 view cover	Us Intelligence Perceptions of Soviet Power, 1921-1946 more books like this by Leonard Leshuk add to wishlist This is a comprehensive study of the US government's knowledge and perceptions of the Soviet Union before the Cold War. It is also an in-depth investigation into how US intelligence operations were carried out in the decades before World War II. The book examines in detail US intelligence-gathering and analysis on the Soviet Union in the period ... see all copies from $154.82! new only from $154.82!
15 view cover	U.S. Intelligence: Evolution and Anatomy Second Edition more books like this by Mark M Lowenthal add to wishlist No major 20th century power has so short a history of national intelligence agencies or activities as does the United States, and few have been as public or as tumultuous. A major debate has now opened over the future structure, size and role of US intelligence in the aftermath of the cold war. This book is a history of the US intelligence ... see all copies from $69.52! new only from $75.40!
16 view cover	A View from the Trenches: Memoirs of a CIA Case Officer more books like this by Glenn M Hunt add to wishlist Through a number of tersely told anecdotes- both personal and privileged- Hunt recounts twenty-seven years of service with CIA during the Cold War. see all copies from $179.41! new only from $179.41!
17 view cover	Beyond Repair: The Decline and Fall of the CIA more books like this by Charles Faddis add to wishlist Charles Faddis, co-author of "Operation Hotel California," offers gritty, hair-raising stories about the CIA, which has devolved into a giant bureaucracy of ass-coverers and careerists - not the kind of people you want in charge of preventing another 9/11. He discusses the birth of the CIA (then called the OSS) after an earlier Day of Infamy (12/7 ... see all copies from $9.69! new only from $12.95! \| first editions \| SVS

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