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The ghosts of Langley : into the CIA's heart of darkness / John Prados.

Author/creator Prados, John author.
Format Book and Print
Publication Info New York : The New Press, 2017.
Copyright Notice ©2017
Descriptionxxvi, 446 pages ; 25 cm
Subject(s)
Contents Prologue: Ghosts in the machine -- The house that Allen built -- Zealots and schemers -- Stars and meteors -- Crisis -- The consiglieri -- The sheriffs -- The headless horseman -- A failed exorcist -- Jacob Marley's ghosts -- The Flying Dutchman.
Abstract "The Ghosts of Langley is a provocative and panoramic new history of the Central Intelligence Agency that relates the agency's current predicament to its founding and earlier years, telling the story of the agency through the eyes of key figures in CIA history, including some of its most troubling covert actions around the world. It reveals how the agency, over seven decades, has resisted government accountability, going rogue in a series of highly questionable ventures that reach their apotheosis with the secret overseas prisons and torture programs of the war on terror." -- from publisher's web site.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages [391]-423) and index.
Genre/formHistory.
Genre/formNonFiction.
LCCN 2017023967
ISBN9781620970881 hardcover alkaline paper
ISBN1620970880 hardcover alkaline paper
ISBNelectronic book
Standard identifier# 40027648260

Available Items

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Joyner General Stacks JK468 .I6 P697 2017 ✔ Available Place Hold