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The quest for absolute security : the failed relations among U.S. intelligence agencies
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The quest for absolute security : the failed relations among U.S. intelligence agencies / Athan Theoharis.
ISBN
9781566636971 (cloth : alk. paper)
1566636973 (cloth : alk. paper)
Published
Chicago : Ivan R. Dee, 2007.
Physical Description
viii, 309 p. ; 23 cm.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
October 23, 2007
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 269-293) and index.
Contents
The origins of U.S. intelligence, 1882-1919
A period of transition, 1919-1936
The origins of the national security state, 1936-1945 : Part I, domestic intelligence
The origins of the national security state, 1940-1945 : Part II, foreign intelligence
Bureaucracy and centralization, 1945-1952
Secrecy and the loss of accountability, 1952-1965
The breakdown of the Cold War consensus, 1965-1978
Reaffirmation of the national security state, 1979-2005
Hopes and realities.
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