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The CIA: an imperial history
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Published:
New York : Basic Books, 2024.
Format:
Book
Edition:
First edition.
ISBN:
9781541645912, 154164591X
Physical Desc:
xii, 366 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Status:
Pitkin New Book Collection
327.1273 W677

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"As World War II ended, the United States stood as the dominant power on the world stage. In 1947, to support its new global status, it created the CIA to analyze foreign intelligence. But within a few years, the Agency was engaged in other operations: bolstering pro-American governments, overthrowing nationalist leaders, and surveilling anti-imperial dissenters at home. The Cold War was an obvious reason for this transformation-but not the only one. In The CIA, celebrated intelligence historian Hugh Wilford draws on decades of research to show the Agency as part of a larger picture, the history of Western empire. While young CIA officers imagined themselves as British imperial agents like T. E. Lawrence, successive US presidents used the covert powers of the Agency to hide overseas interventions from postcolonial foreigners and anti-imperial Americans alike. Even the CIA's post-9/11 global hunt for terrorists was haunted by the ghosts of empires past. Comprehensive, original, and gripping, The CIA is the story of the birth of a new imperial order in the shadows. It offers the most complete account yet of how America adopted unaccountable power and secrecy abroad and at home"--

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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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"As World War II ended, the United States stood as the dominant power on the world stage. In 1947, to support its new global status, it created the CIA to analyze foreign intelligence. But within a few years, the Agency was engaged in other operations: bolstering pro-American governments, overthrowing nationalist leaders, and surveilling anti-imperial dissenters at home. The Cold War was an obvious reason for this transformation-but not the only one. In The CIA, celebrated intelligence historian Hugh Wilford draws on decades of research to show the Agency as part of a larger picture, the history of Western empire. While young CIA officers imagined themselves as British imperial agents like T. E. Lawrence, successive US presidents used the covert powers of the Agency to hide overseas interventions from postcolonial foreigners and anti-imperial Americans alike. Even the CIA's post-9/11 global hunt for terrorists was haunted by the ghosts of empires past. Comprehensive, original, and gripping, The CIA is the story of the birth of a new imperial order in the shadows. It offers the most complete account yet of how America adopted unaccountable power and secrecy abroad and at home"--,Provided by publisher.

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APA Citation (style guide)

Wilford, H. (2024). The CIA: an imperial history. First edition. New York, Basic Books.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)

Wilford, Hugh, 1965-. 2024. The CIA: An Imperial History. New York, Basic Books.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)

Wilford, Hugh, 1965-, The CIA: An Imperial History. New York, Basic Books, 2024.

MLA Citation (style guide)

Wilford, Hugh. The CIA: An Imperial History. First edition. New York, Basic Books, 2024.

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