The CIA and the Pursuit of Security: History, Documents and Contexts

by Huw Dylan

Book Overview

Since its creation in 1947 the CIA has been at the heart of the American security apparatus. It has provided all Presidents since Harry Truman with secret intelligence and the capability for covert interventions in foreign states, in war and peace. It has also been the subject of significant national and international controversies, most recently over its treatment of terror suspects. And it has been bedevilled by accusations of poor performance and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1474428851
• ISBN13: 9781474428859
• Release Date: March 2022
• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• Length: 456 Pages
• Weight: 2.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.7" x 9.6"