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Author Prados, John.

Title Safe for democracy : the secret wars of the CIA / John Prados.

Publication Info. Chicago : Ivan R. Dee, 2006.

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Location Call No. Status
 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  327.1273 PRADOS    Check Shelf
 Middletown, Russell Library - Adult Nonfiction  327.1273 PRA    Missing
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  327.1273 P88    Check Shelf
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  327.1273 PRADOS    Check Shelf
 Windsor, Main Library - Adult Department  327.1273 PR    Check Shelf
Description xxxv, 696 pages ; 25 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [649]-678) and index.
Contents The gamut of secret operations -- Cold war crucible -- The secret warriors -- "The kind of experience we need" -- The covert legions -- Bitter fruits -- Adventures in Asia -- "Acceptable norms of human conduct do not apply" -- Archipelago -- The war for the roof of the world -- "Another Black Hole of Calcutta" -- The Bay of Pigs: failure at Playa Giron -- Cold war and counterrevolution -- The secret war against Castro -- War in Southeast Asia -- Global reach -- The southern cone -- From "rogue elephant" to resurrection -- The mountains of Allah -- The Reagan revolution -- Bill Casey's war -- Project democracy -- Full circle -- The struggle for control -- Safe for democracy.
Subject Intelligence service -- United States.
United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
United States -- Foreign relations.
ISBN 1566635748 cloth alkaline paper
Standard No. 9781566635745
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