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Intelligence Wars: American Secret History from Hitler to Al-Qaeda (New York Review Books Collections)
Intelligence Wars American Secret History from Hitler to AlQaeda - New York Review Books Collections Author:Thomas Powers No one outside the intelligence services knows more about their culture than Thomas Powers. In this book he tells stories of shadowy successes, ghastly failures, and, more often, gripping uncertainties. Accounts range from the CIA's long cold war struggle with its Russian adversary to debates about the use of secret intelligence in a democratic ... more »society, and explore urgent contemporary issues such as whether the CIA and the FBI can defend America against terrorism. This edition contains new analysis of the ongoing crisis in Iraq and the state of the war against terrorism.« less