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Synopsis
The role of the CIA is crucial for America's security and for the prospects of world peace. Democracy depends on secret intelligence for its survival, yet the relationship between the two has always been controversial and, at times, mutually harmful. In this history of the CIA based on verifiable documents and on scholarly sources, Jeffreys-Jones examines the agency as an institution operating within a political context. Providing an account of the CIA's shifting relationship with the American public, Congress, and presidents, Jeffreys-Jones's assessment of the CIA and the factors that increase or diminish its efficacy provides a look at an issue of importance to all.
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"Judicious and reasonable. . . . A sophisticated study that should challenge us to take a more serious view about how our democracy formulates its foreign policy."
About the Author
Rhodri Jeffreys-Jones, professor of American history at the University of Edinburgh and author of Peace Now! American Society and the Ending of the Vietnam War (ISBN 0 300 08920 1, pb. [pound]12.50*) and Cloak and Dollar (ISBN 0 300 07474 3, [pound]22.50*), has written extensively on the subject of espionage.
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