Safe for Democracy: The Secret Wars of the CIAIvan R. Dee, 14 set 2006 - 752 pagine From its founding in the aftermath of World War II, the Central Intelligence Agency has been discovered in the midst of some of the most crucial-and most embarrassing-episodes in United States relations with the world. Safe for Democracy for the first time places the story of the CIA's covert operations squarely in the context of America's global quest for democratic values and institutions. National security historian John Prados offers a comprehensive history of the CIA's secret wars that is as close to a definitive account as is possible today. |
Sommario
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The Kind of Experience We Need | 58 |
The Covert Legions | 78 |
Bitter Fruits | 97 |
Adventures in Asia | 124 |
Acceptable Norms of Human Conduct Do Not Apply | 145 |
Global Reach | 366 |
The Southern Cone | 396 |
The Mountains of Allah | 467 |
The Reagan Revolution | 493 |
Bill Caseys War | 507 |
Project Democracy | 539 |
Full Circle | 572 |
The Struggle for Control | 606 |
Archipelago | 162 |
The War for the Roof of the World | 184 |
Another Black Hole of Calcutta | 204 |
The Bay of Pigs Failure at Playa Girón | 236 |
Cold War and Counterrevolution | 273 |
The Secret War Against Castro | 298 |
War in Southeast Asia | 337 |
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