Safe for Democracy: The Secret Wars of the CIA
- ISBN-10
- 1566635748
- ISBN-13
- 9781566635745
- Category
- Political Science
- Pages
- 696
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2006-01-01
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield
- Author
- John Prados
Description
A history of the CIA, told through an analysis of its contributions to U.S. policy and key historical events, describes its covert operations as they specifically supported the nation's global quest for democratic values and institutions, in an account that draws on three decades of research and discusses the president's and Congress's efforts to control CIA decisions. BOMC, History.
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Other editions
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- 1984
- 383 pages
- Paperback
- Oxford University Press
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