The CIA
General Information
- Author/Creator
- Yost, Graham.
- Language
- English.
- Published
- New York : Facts on File, c1989.
- Physical Description
- 164 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
- Series
- Yost, Graham. World espionage.
Contents/Summary
- Summary
- Traces the history of the Central Intelligence Agency, examining its covert operations at home and abroad.
Subjects
- Subject
- United States. Central Intelligence Agency > Juvenile literature.
- United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
- Spies.
- United States > Foreign relations > 1945-1953.
Bibliographic Information
- Responsibility
- Graham Yost.
- Series
- World espionage
- Content
- 1. Setting the scene -- 2. So, you want to be a spy -- 3. Out of the ashes of the OSS -- 3. Getting out in the world: the early operations -- 4. Richard Bissel: from the U-2 to the Bay of Pigs -- 6. Years of change: assassination plans and secret wars -- 7. Richard Helms: from Chile to Watergate -- 8. The dismantling of the CIA: Schlesinger to Turner -- 9. The Casey years.
- Library Special Collection
- HU OSA 300 - RFE/RL collection
- ISBN
- 081601941
Holdings
| Item Type | Current Location | Collection | Call Number | Volume Info | Shelving Location | Public Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Book | OSA Archivum Library | General collection | 327.1/2/06073 YOS | General Stacks | - |
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