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Beyond repair : the decline and fall of the CIA /

"Faddis discusses the birth of the CIA--then called the Office of Strategic Services--during World War II under "Wild Bill" Donovan, the twentieth-century American father of spy craft. Donovan's daring would not get him far in today's CIA, Faddis observes. Describing how the...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Faddis, Charles S.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Guilford, Conn. : Lyons Press, [2010]
Subjects:
United States. > Central Intelligence Agency > History.
Intelligence service > United States > History.
United States. > Central Intelligence Agency.
Intelligence service.
United States.
History.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Donovan would not make it
  • Leadership?
  • Calcification
  • Define elite
  • Political football
  • The legion
  • Everybody into the pool
  • If one cook is good, ten must be better
  • A new OSS.