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For the President's Eyes Only

by Andrew, Christopher



  • Bookseller: North American Rarities US (US)
  • Seller Inventory #: 14876
  • Format: Hardcover
  • Book condition: Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket
  • Edition: First Edition First Printing
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • ISBN 10: 0060170379
  • ISBN 13: 9780060170370
  • Publisher: Harpercollins
  • Date published: 1995
  • Size: 6.75 x 9.75 x 2 inches
  • Weight: 2.45 pounds

Description

Harpercollins. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1995. First Edition First Printing. Hardcover. Light edgewear to DJ. DJ in mylar cover. Book is As New, clean and crisp with solid binding. 2 x 9.75 x 6.75 Inches 672 pages Author of <cite>Her Majesty's Secret Service</cite> and coauthor of <cite>KGB: The Inside Story</cite>, Andrew is one of the world's leading authorities on intelligence history. His newest book is the first to show how the presidency both transformed and was transformed by the workings of U.S. intelligence. In Andrew's judgement only four presidents proved equal to the challenge: Washington, Eisenhower, Kennedy, and Bush, while many others ignored, mistrusted, misused or were unbelievably naive about it.<P> "... a thoughtful, judicious book." --<cite>The New York Times Book Review</cite> .





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Book summary

Christpher Andrew's history of US intelligence operations focuses on the 20th century. US intelligence gathering became much more extensive and sophisticated during the First World War, although for years it was dominated by the superior British intelligence services. During the 1950s, the US used its exceptional technological knowledge to make advances in espionage. Included in this endeavor were the development of both the U-2 spy plane and Operation Lighting, a major effort to upgrade the computer used to analyze the wealth of newly available data. One of the author's significant points is that the US has always been better at the technical end of spying than it has at the human end. This has been demonstrated by the numerous instances when the CIA has misinterpreted the motivations of both the people it has employed and those it has spied on. This book is filled with amusing anecdotes, such as Harry Truman's presentation of cloaks and daggers to his intelligence chiefs, and the CIA's forgery of labels on bottles of brandy to make better gifts for one of their moles to give to his Soviet boss.


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