Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-319) and index.
Contents
First four DCIs: gaining a foothold -- Allen Dulles: reluctant manager -- John McCone and William Raborn: new kind of DCI -- Richard Helms: corralling the beast -- James Schlesinger: new direction -- William Colby: positive efforts amid turmoil -- George Bush: calm between storms -- Stansfield Turner: ambition denied -- William Casey: back to basics -- William Webster: transition to post-Cold War era -- Robert Gates: preemptive reform -- R. James Woolsey: uncompromising defender -- John Deutch: beyond the community -- George Tenet: deputizing integration -- Porter Goss: the last DCI -- Final observations.