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Safe for democracy : the secret wars of the CIA
Abstract
"From its founding in the aftermath of World War II, the Central Intelligence Agency has been involved in some of the most crucial - and most embarrassing - episodes in United States relations with the world. Safe for Democracy for the first time places the story of the CIA's covert operations squarely in the context of America's global quest for democratic values and institutions.
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National security historian John Prados offers the most comprehensive and definitive history of the CIA's secret wars that is possible today. Drawing on three decades of research, he illuminates the men and women of the intelligence establishment, their resources and techniques, and tracks their triumphs and failures across the globe.". "Safe for Democracy not only relates the inside stories of covert operations but examines in meticulous detail the efforts of presidents and Congress to control the CIA and the specific choices made in the agency's secret wars. Along the way Mr. Prados offers radically revised interpretations of classic operations like Iran, Guatemala, Chile, and the Bay of Pigs; accounts of lesser-known projects like Tibet and Angola; and virtually unknown tales of the CIA in Guyana and Ghana. He supplies full details of Reagan-era operations in Nicaragua and Afghanistan, and brings the story up to date with accounts of more recent activities in Somalia, Bosnia, and Iraq, all the while keeping American foreign policy goals in view."--Jacket
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| Description | *Safe for democracy : the secret wars of the CIA / John Prados Chicago : Ivan R. Dee, 2006 1 online resource (xxxv, 696 pages) |
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| Note | Formato pdf/epub Accesso riservato secondo le condizioni contrattuali https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=482088 |
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| ISBN | 9781615780112 | |
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| Publication year | 2006 | |
| Contents note | The gamut of secret operations -- Cold war crucible -- The secret warriors -- "The kind of experience we need" -- The covert legions -- Bitter fruits -- Adventures in Asia -- "Acceptable norms of human conduct do not apply" -- Archipelago -- The war for the roof of the world -- "Another Black Hole of Calcutta" -- The Bay of Pigs: failure at Playa Giron -- Cold war and counterrevolution -- The secret war against Castro -- War in Southeast Asia -- Global reach -- The southern cone -- From "rogue elephant" to resurrection -- The mountains of Allah -- The Reagan revolution -- Bill Casey's war -- Project democracy -- Full circle -- The struggle for control -- Safe for democracy |