The CIA and the Cold War: A Memoir
Autor Scott D. Breckinridgeen Limba Engleză Hardback – 19 iul 1993 – vârsta până la 17 ani
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780275945473
ISBN-10: 0275945472
Pagini: 336
Dimensiuni: 156 x 235 x 19 mm
Greutate: 0.64 kg
Ediția:New.
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Praeger
Locul publicării:New York, United States
ISBN-10: 0275945472
Pagini: 336
Dimensiuni: 156 x 235 x 19 mm
Greutate: 0.64 kg
Ediția:New.
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Praeger
Locul publicării:New York, United States
Notă biografică
SCOTT D. BRECKINRIDGE joined the Central Intelligence Agency in 1953 and served for twenty-six years. During that time he served as the CIA's briefing officer for the White House staff liaison with the Australian intelligence services, a member of a special policy staff in Washington and he spent sixteen years on the staff of the CIA's Inspector General, the last six of which were spent as Deputy Inspector General. Twice he was assigned as a special liaison officer with special congressional investigating committees. Breckinridge received the CIA's highest award--the Distinguished Intelligence Medal--two times during his service. He retired from the CIA in 1979 and taught at the Patterson School of Diplomacy and International Commerce of the University of Kentucky. He is the author of The CIA and the U.S. Intelligence System (1989), which received a best book award from the National Intelligence Study Center in Washington, D.C.
Cuprins
PrologueJoining the CIASettling InCaught Up in the WorkRunning With the TideDown UnderBack HomeCIA's Inspector GeneralDetail and LaborAssassination--Plots against Foreign LeadersContinuity and ChangeLaos: A Secret War?VietnamThe Shifting SceneToward the MaelstromThe Gathering StormInto the InvestigationsThe Congress InquiresThe Congress (continued)After the StormEnd of the LineEpilogueAppendix