{"product_id":"spymasters-ten-cia-officers-in-their-own-words-paperback","title":"Spymasters: Ten CIA Officers in Their Own Words - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRalph Weber\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSpymasters\u003c\/i\u003e is a collection of interviews revealing enlightening perspectives on the covert operations of this powerful, secretive arm of the U.S. government. Here former top-ranking CIA officials shed light on some of the most sensitive issues and practices in American foreign intelligence to date. These men disclose information about: \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cli\u003ePresident Harry S. Truman's demands for a centralized intelligence agency and the stubborn resistance of James F. Byrnes, J. Edgar Hoover, and the military services\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cli\u003ethe tumultuous early stages of the National Security Council\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cli\u003ethe failed Bay of Pigs invasion\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cli\u003ethe confusion surrounding the Kennedy assassination\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cli\u003eKhrushchev's ousting\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cli\u003eOperation MONGOOSE\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cli\u003ethe Gulf of Tonkin incident\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The interviews are especially valuable for their portrayal of the relationships between the agency's directors and the presidents during the most anxious and threatening decades of the Cold War. The CIA's successes and failures are recounted and carefully evaluated by the men who were there, often times issuing the orders\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eRalph E. Weber is professor of history at Marquette University and a former scholar in residence at the Central Intelligence Agency as well as the National Security Agency.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 356\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.77 x 8.95 x 5.99 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 01, 2002\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52731827618099,"sku":"9780842027151","price":100.51,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/dm4vL0szMWVBdW14M2J6Y2tMVEE1UT09.webp?v=1763870427","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/spymasters-ten-cia-officers-in-their-own-words-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}