Creating the Secret State: the Origins of the Central Intelligence Agency, 1943-1947
by Rudgers, David F
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- Hardcover
- first
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- Fine in fine jacket with faintest of edge-wear to jacket. in as new dust-jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0700610243
- ISBN 13
- 9780700610242
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About This Item
Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 2000. First edition, first printing (full number line). Hardcover. Fine in fine jacket with faintest of edge-wear to jacket. in as new dust-jacket. Quato in pale yellow jacket; 244 pages; 24 cm; bibliographical references (pages 223-228) and index. "David Rudgers, a twenty-two-year CIA veteran, has written an account of its creation, revealing how the idea of a centralized intelligence developed within the government and debunking the myth that former OSS chief William J. Donovan was the prime mover behind the agency's founding." "Creating the Secret State locates the CIA's origins in government-wide efforts to reorganize national security during the transition from World War II to the Cold War." "Based almost entirely on archival and other primary sources, Rudgers's book describes in detail how the CIA evolved from its original purpose - as a watchdog to guard against a "nuclear Pearl Harbor"--To the role of clandestine warriors countering Soviet subversion, eventually engaging in more forms of intelligence gathering and covert operations than any of its counterparts."--Jacket. Contents: The dual road to Central Intelligence -- General Donovan proposes ... -- ... And Harry Truman disposes -- The State Department and Central Intelligence -- Establishing a structure -- Legislating a new order -- The emergence of Central Intelligence -- Ends and Beginnings. // United States. Central Intelligence Agency -- History. United States. Central Intelligence Agency -- History. United States. Central Intelligence Agency. USA Central Intelligence Agency United States. Central Intelligence Agency. Ãtats-Unis. Central intelligence agency -- Histoire. Etats-Unis. Central Intelligence Agency -- 1945-1970.
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- Bibliope by Calvello Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 93661
- Title
- Creating the Secret State: the Origins of the Central Intelligence Agency, 1943-1947
- Author
- Rudgers, David F
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition, first printing (full number line)
- ISBN 10
- 0700610243
- ISBN 13
- 9780700610242
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas
- Place of Publication
- Lawrence
- Date Published
- 2000
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