Bibliograph

The ghosts of Langley, into the CIA's heart of darkness, John Prados

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The ghosts of Langley, into the CIA's heart of darkness, John Prados

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages [391]-423) and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The ghosts of Langley

Nature of contents

bibliography

Responsibility statement

John Prados

Sub title

into the CIA's heart of darkness

Summary

"The Ghosts of Langley is a provocative and panoramic new history of the Central Intelligence Agency that relates the agency's current predicament to its founding and earlier years, telling the story of the agency through the eyes of key figures in CIA history, including some of its most troubling covert actions around the world. It reveals how the agency, over seven decades, has resisted government accountability, going rogue in a series of highly questionable ventures that reach their apotheosis with the secret overseas prisons and torture programs of the war on terror." -- from publisher's web site

Table Of Contents

Prologue: Ghosts in the machine -- 1. The house that Allen built -- 2. Zealots and schemers -- 3. Stars and meteors -- 4. Crisis -- 5. The consiglieri -- 6. The sheriffs -- 7. The headless horseman -- 8. A failed exorcist -- 9. Jacob Marley's ghosts -- 10. The Flying Dutchman

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