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x, 175 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 24 cm |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-169) and index. |
| Summary |
"This highly accessible book provides new material and a fresh perspective on American National Intelligence practice, focusing on the first fifty years of the twentieth century, when the United States took on the responsibilities of a global superpower during the first years of the Cold War. Late to the art of intelligence, the United States during World War II created a new model of combining intelligence collection and analytic functions into a single organization--the OSS. At the end of the war, President Harry Truman and a small group of advisors developed a new, centralized agency directly subordinate to and responsible to the President, despite entrenched institutional resistance. Instrumental to the creation of the CIA was a group known colloquially as the "Missouri Gang," which included not only President Truman but equally determined fellow Missourians Clark Clifford, Sidney Souers, and Roscoe Hillenkoetter." -- Book Jacket. |
| Contents |
American National Intelligence: from the Revolutionary Army to World War II -- America in World War II and the beginnings of central intelligence -- William J. Donovan and the Office of Strategic Services -- Harry Truman, Sidney Souers, and the next steps -- The CIA, Roscoe Hillenkoetter, and the Cold War. |
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United States. Central Intelligence Agency -- History.
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Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972.
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Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972. (OCoLC)fst00032671
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United States. Central Intelligence Agency. (OCoLC)fst00536259
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Cold War (1945-1989) (OCoLC)fst01754978
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Cold War.
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History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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| ISBN |
9780826221377 hardcover |
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0826221378 |
| Standard No. |
14542629 |
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