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Cloak and Dollar: A History of American Secret Intelligence

Cloak and Dollar: A History of American Secret Intelligence

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New Haven: Yale University Press, 2002. Octavo in white DJ; x, 357 p.; 24 cm; bibliographical references (p. [327]-342) and index. Fine in Fine DJ with very light wear. Hardcover. ISBN: 0300074743

Chapters entitled: The American spy considered as a confidence man -- The Washington style -- Allan Pinkerton's legacy -- Did Wilkie crush the Montreal spy ring? -- U-1: the agency nobody knew -- Burns, Hoover, and the making of an FBI tradition -- H.O. Yardley: the traitor as hero -- Pearl Harbor in intelligence history -- Hyping the sideshow: Wild Bill Donovan and the OSS -- Allen Dulles and the CIA -- Cuba, Vietnam, and the rhetorical interlude -- Did Senator Church reform intelligence? -- The Casey-Reagan era: from history to victory -- The real American century? Intelligence agencies, United States -- History

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