Preface
List of Sources
List of Abbreviations
List of Persons
Emergence of the Intelligence Establishment : Founding of the national intelligence structure, August 1945-January 1946
Department of State intelligence
From the Strategic Services Unit to the Office of Special Operations
Souers' tenure as Director of Central Intelligence
Vandenberg's tenure as Director of Central Intelligence
The National Security Act of 1947
Psychological and political warfare
Hillenkoetter's tenure as Director of Central Intelligence
National Security Council Intelligence directives, 1947-1950
Index.