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| PART ONE "In the Beginning, We Knew Nothing" |
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The CIA Under Truman, 1945 to 1953 |
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1. "INTELLIGENCE MUST BE GLOBAL AND TOTALITARIAN" |
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3. "FIGHT FIRE WITH FIRE" |
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20 | |
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4. "THE MOST SECRET THING" |
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6. "THEY WERE SUICIDE MISSIONS" |
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49 | |
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7. "A VAST FIELD OF ILLUSION" |
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| PART TWO "A Strange Kind of Genius" |
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The CIA Under Eisenhower, 1953 to 1961 |
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9. "CIA'S GREATEST SINGLE TRIUMPH" |
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11. "AND THEN WE'LL HAVE A STORM" |
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12. "WE RAN IT IN A DIFFERENT WAY" |
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14. "HAM-HANDED OPERATIONS OF ALL KINDS" |
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16. "HE WAS LYING DOWN AND HE WAS LYING UP" |
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| PART THREE Lost Causes |
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The CIA Under Kennedy and Johnson, 1961 to 1968 |
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17. "NOBODY KNEW WHAT TO DO" |
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171 | |
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18. "WE HAD ALSO FOOLED OURSELVES" |
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19. "WE'D BE DELIGHTED TO TRADE THOSE MISSILES" |
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20. "HEY, BOSS, WE DID A GOOD JOB, DIDN'T WE?" |
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21. "I THOUGHT IT WAS A CONSPIRACY" |
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23. "MORE COURAGE THAN WISDOM" |
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24. "THE BEGINNING OF A LONG SLIDE DOWNWARDS" |
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25. "WE KNEW THEN THAT WE COULD NOT WIN THE WAR" |
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27. "TRACK DOWN THE FOREIGN COMMUNISTS" |
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| PART FOUR "Get Rid of the Clowns" |
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The CIA Under Nixon and Ford, 1968 to 1977 |
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28. "WHAT THE HELL DO THOSE CLOWNS DO OUT THERE IN LANGLEY?" |
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29. "USG WANTS A MILITARY SOLUTION" |
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30. "WE ARE GOING TO CATCH A LOT OF HELL" |
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31. "TO CHANGE THE CONCEPT OF A SECRET SERVICE" |
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32. "A CLASSIC FASCIST IDEAL" |
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33. "THE CIA WOULD BE DESTROYED" |
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35. "INEFFECTIVE AND SCARED" |
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| PART FIVE Victory Without Joy |
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The CIA Under Carter, Reagan, and George H.W. Bush, 1977 to 1993 |
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36. "HE SOUGHT TO OVERTHROW THEIR SYSTEM" |
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37. "WE WERE JUST PLAIN ASLEEP" |
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38. "A FREELANCE BUCCANEER" |
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40. "HE WAS RUNNING A GREAT RISK" |
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41. "A CON MAN'S CON MAN" |
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42. "TO THINK THE UNTHINKABLE" |
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43. "WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO WHEN THE WALL COMES DOWN?" |
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| PART SIX The Reckoning |
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The CIA Under Clinton and George W. Bush, 1993 to 2007 |
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45. "WHY IN THE WORLD DIDN'T WE KNOW?" |
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47. "THE THREAT COULD NOT BE MORE REAL" |
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50. "THE BURIAL CEREMONY" |
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| ACKNOWLEDGMENTS |
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| NOTES |
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| INDEX |
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