The Foundation of the CIA : Harry Truman, The Missouri Gang, and the Origins of the Cold War /

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"This highly accessible book provides new material and a fresh perspective on American National Intelligence practice, focusing on the first fifty years of the twentieth century, when the United States took on the responsibilities of a global superpower during the first years of the Cold War. L...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Schroeder, Richard E. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Columbia : University of Missouri Press, [2017]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Truman, Harry S., > 1884-1972.
USA > Central Intelligence Agency
United States. > Central Intelligence Agency.
United States. > Central Intelligence Agency > History.
Intelligence service.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > International Relations > General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > International.
Guerre froide.
Intelligence service > United States > History > 20th century.
Cold War.
United States.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • American National Intelligence: from the Revolutionary Army to World War II
  • America in World War II and the beginnings of central intelligence
  • William J. Donovan and the Office of Strategic Services
  • Harry Truman, Sidney Souers, and the next steps
  • The CIA, Roscoe Hillenkoetter, and the Cold War.

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