Richard H. Immerman

The Hidden Hand

A Brief History of the CIA

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Produktbeschreibung

This is an accessible history of the Central Intelligence Agencythat takes the reader from its early days of intelligence gatheringand analysis to its more recent execution of foreign policy bycovert operations. In manageable chapters and easy-to-digest prose,it covers all aspects of the CIA from its mission to itsperformance to its record.

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The Hidden Hand is a succinct accessible and up-to-datesurvey of the Central Intelligence Agency's history from itsinception in 1947 to the present.

Covers both aspects of the CIA's mission - thecollection and analysis of intelligence and the execution offoreign policy through covert, paramilitary operations
De-mythologizes the CIA's role in America's globalaffairs while addressing its place within American political andpopular culture
Written by an esteemed scholar and high-ranking officer in theintelligence community, drawing on the latest research
Assesses the agency's successes and failures, with an eyeto the complex and controversial nature of the subject

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley & Sons
• 1. Auflage
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. April 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 228mm x 151mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 345g
• ISBN-13: 9781444351378
• ISBN-10: 1444351370
• Artikelnr.: 40133849

Autorenporträt

Richard H. Immerman is Professor and Edward J. Buthusiem Distinguished Fellow in History at Temple University and Marvin Wachman Director of its Center for the Study of Force and Diplomacy. The recipient of the Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations' Bernath Book Prize in 1983 and its Bernath Lecture Prize in 1990, he served as SHAFR's president in 2007. His most recent publications include The Oxford Handbook of the Cold War (2013) and Empire for Liberty: A History of U.S. Imperialism from Benjamin Franklin to Paul Wolfowitz (2012). From September 2007-December 2008, he served as Assistant Deputy Director of National Intelligence for Analytic Integrity and Standards and Analytic Ombudsman for the Office of the Director of National Intelligence. He currently chairs the Historical Advisory Committee to the U.S. Department of State.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface and Acknowledgments ix Note on Redactions xiii 1 Birth of an Enigma: 1945
1949 1 2 Halcyon Days and Growing Pains: 1950
1961 35 3 The CIA and its Discontents: 1961
1976 70 4 A Time of Troubles: 1977
1987 108 5 Victory Without Redemption: 1988
2000 138 6 9/11, WMD, GWOT, IRTPA, and ODNI: 2001
2004 172 7 Crisis of Identity: 2005
2013 206 Index 235

Rezensionen

"Richard H. Immerman, who teaches the history of American foreign policy and intelligence at Temple University, has produced a fine, concise history of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). The Hidden Handhas three major virtues: it is fair-minded, readable and up-to-date, including a useful insider's analysis of how the creation of the new position of National Director of Intelligence (NDI) in 2005 has affected the role of the CIA and its director." (Survival: Global Politics and Strategy, 1 January 2015)

"Meantime, as far as the book under review is concerned, It's a very well written piece of history and well referenced with numerous end-of-chapter source notes." (Nurturing Potential, 1 March 2014)