| Description |
x, 357 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [327]-342) and index. |
| Contents |
The American spy considered as a confidence man -- The Washington style -- Allan Pinkerton's legacy -- Did Wilkie crush the Montreal spy ring? -- U-1 : the agency nobody knew -- Burns, Hoover, and the making of an FBI tradition -- H.O. Yardley : the traitor as hero -- Pearl Harbor in intelligence history -- Hyping the sideshow : Wild Bill Donovan and the OSS -- Allen Dulles and th CIA -- Cuba, Vietnam, and the rhetorical interlude -- Did Senator Church reform intelligence? -- The Casey-Reagan era : from history to victory -- The real American century? |
| Subject |
Intelligence service -- United States -- History.
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Secret service -- United States -- History.
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| ISBN |
0300074743 alkaline paper |
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