Honorable Treachery: A History of U. S. Intelligence, Espionage, and Covert Action from the American Revolution to the CIA

589 sayfa. 16x24 cm
“In this eminently readable compendium of America’s experience with the secret arts of intelligence, Mr. O’Toole has performed a great service for our intelligence agencies and community.” —William E. Colby, former director, CIA

Foreign policy in peacetime and command decision in war have always been driven by intelligence, and yet these subjects have often been overlooked in standard histories. Honorable Treachery fills in the details, dramatically recounting every important intelligence operation since our nation’s birth. This includes how in 1795 President Washington mounted a covert operation to ransom American hostages in the Middle East; how in 1897 Kaiser Wilhelm II’s plans for an invasion of the United States were scuppered by the director of the U.S. Office of Naval Intelligence; and how President Woodrow Wilson created a secret agency called the Inquiry to compile intelligence for the peace negotiations at the end of World War I.

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