The Ghosts of Langley

di John Prados (Autore)

The New Press, 2017

Publishing into the 70th anniversary of the CIA and a new era under Donald Trump: John Prados is one of the world’s leading authorities on the CIA and his new, up-to-date history is the first to locate the Agency’s current behavior and challenges in the face of authority—whether it be the Senate or Donald Trump—back to its founding figures and early history. First major book on the CIA in a decade: This is the first significant book on the CIA since Tim Weiner’s award-winning Legacy of Ashes. Based on newly declassified documents: Prados is a senior fellow at George Washington University's National Security Archive. He and his colleagues are responsible for FOIAing many of the declassified documents that strongly inform this book. A leading expert on the CIA: Prados is often quoted as an expert in the Washington Post, Politico, New York Times and other major publications as a major authority on CIA history. Speaking: Prados is a prolific public speaker, who often speaks at conferences concerning the history of espionage and has testified to Congress. Potential blurbs: Hoping to get blurbs from Tim Weiner, David Talbot, James Bamford, Jeremy Scahill, Thomas Powers, and Kai Bird. Drawing on mountains of newly declassified documents, the celebrated historian of national intelligence John Prados throws fresh light on classic agency operations from Poland to Hungary, from Indonesia to Iran-Contra, and from the Bay of Pigs to Guantánamo Bay. The halls of Langley, Prados persuasively argues, echo with the footsteps of past spymasters, to the extent that it resembles a haunted house. Indeed, every day that the militarization of the CIA increases, the agency drifts further away from classic arts of espionage and intelligence analysis—and its original mission, while pushing dangerously beyond accountability. The Ghosts of Langley will be essential reading for anyone who cares about the next phase of American history—and the CIA's evolution—as its past informs its future and a president of impulsive character prods the agency toward new scandals and failures.

• Autore: John Prados
• Anno edizione: 2017
• Editore: The New Press
• Formato: EPUB3 con Adobe DRM
• Compatibilità: Tutti i dispositivi (eccetto Kindle)
• Layout: Reflowable
• EAN: 9781620970898

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