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The CIA & American Democracy 2e - Softcover

Jeffreys–jones, Rhodri

 
9780300077377: The CIA & American Democracy 2e

Synopsis

This history of the CIA examines the agency as an institution operating within a political context and looks at its shifting relationship with the American public, Congress and presidents. This edition contains a preface that discusses the agency's fortunes since the end of the Cold War.

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Review

"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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