The Hidden Hand: A Brief History of the CIA

by Richard H. Immerman

Book Overview

THE HIDDEN HAND

Since its inception in 1947, the Central Intelligence Agency has played an outsized role in the political life of the United States, whether by formulating and implementing policy or by fueling popular culture and imagination. The Hidden Hand is an accessible and up-to-date history of the agency that succinctly takes the reader from its early days of intelligence gathering and analysis to its more recent involvement...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1444351370
• ISBN13: 9781444351378
• Release Date: April 2014
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 8.9"