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Author:

Prados, John.

Title:

Safe for democracy : the secret wars of the CIA / John Prados.

Publisher:

Ivan R. Dee,

Copyright Date:

2006

Description:

xxxv, 696 p. ; 25 cm.

Subject:

United States.--Central Intelligence Agency.
Intelligence service--United States.
United States--Foreign relations.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [649]-678) and index.

Contents:

Safe for democracy. Cold war crucible -- The secret warriors -- "The kind of experience we need" -- The covert legions -- Bitter fruits -- Adventures in Asia -- "Acceptable norms of human conduct do not apply" -- Archipelago -- The war for the roof of the world -- "Another Black Hole of Calcutta" -- The Bay of Pigs: failure at Playa Giron -- Cold war and counterrevolution -- The secret war against Castro -- War in Southeast Asia -- Global reach -- The southern cone -- From "rogue elephant" to resurrection -- The mountains of Allah -- The Reagan revolution -- Bill Casey's war -- Project democracy -- Full circle -- The struggle for control -- Safe for democracy.

ISBN:

9781566635745
9781566635745 (cloth : alk. paper)
1566635748 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)64591926

LCCN:

2006006269

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

AFPD266 -- Bloomfield Public Library (Bloomfield)

PNAX964 -- Northeast Iowa Community College Library - Calmar (Calmar)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll)

CEAX572 -- Kirkwood Community College Library (Cedar Rapids)

ALPE516 -- Fairfield Public Library (Fairfield)

O3AX572 -- Cornell College - Russell D. Cole Library (Mount Vernon)

CQPE926 -- Washington Free Public Library (Washington)

PQAX094 -- Wartburg College - Vogel Library (Waverly)