Safe for Democracy: The Secret Wars of the CIA
- ISBN-10
- 1615780114
- ISBN-13
- 9781615780112
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 752
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2006-09-14
- Publisher
- Ivan R. Dee
- Author
- John Prados
Description
From its founding in the aftermath of World War II, the Central Intelligence Agency has been discovered in the midst of some of the most crucial-and most embarrassing-episodes in United States relations with the world. Safe for Democracy for the first time places the story of the CIA's covert operations squarely in the context of America's global quest for democratic values and institutions. National security historian John Prados offers a comprehensive history of the CIA's secret wars that is as close to a definitive account as is possible today.
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Other editions
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- 1984
- 383 pages
- Paperback
- Oxford University Press
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