The Very Best Men: The Daring Early Years of the CIA
by Evan Thomas
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Research from CIA archives and interviews relate the early history of the CIA and focus on four of the first spymasters--Frank Wisner, Richard Bissell, Tracy Barnes, and Desmond FitzGerald.Tags
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Abandoned the Hungarians in their uprising.
So many outrageous ideas to get rid of Castr0!
4 very dedicated men.
So many outrageous ideas to get rid of Castr0!
4 very dedicated men.
Dr Michael S Goodman has chosen to discuss The Very Best Men: Four Who Dared: The Early Years of the CIA by Evan Thomas on FiveBooks as one of the top five on his subject - Pioneers of Intelligence Gathering, saying that:
"...This is about the four people who were recruited into the predecessor of the CIA during WWII and how they were brought back in when the organisation was recreated in 1947 to resurrect their wartime successes. The idea was that the CIA would act as a warning signal, as the dog that barked before the attack, so that there would never be another Pearl Harbor..."
The full interview is available here: http://fivebooks.com/interviews/dr-michael-goodman-on-pioneers-intelligence-gath...
"...This is about the four people who were recruited into the predecessor of the CIA during WWII and how they were brought back in when the organisation was recreated in 1947 to resurrect their wartime successes. The idea was that the CIA would act as a warning signal, as the dog that barked before the attack, so that there would never be another Pearl Harbor..."
The full interview is available here: http://fivebooks.com/interviews/dr-michael-goodman-on-pioneers-intelligence-gath...
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Evan Thomas is the author of several bestselling works of history and biography, including Sea of Thunder. He was a writer and editor at Time and Newsweek for more than thirty years, and he is frequently a commentator on television and radio. He teaches at Princeton University and lives in Washington, D.C. www.evanthomasbooks.com
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- Original publication date
- 1995
- Important places
- USA; Central Intellligence Agency
- Dedication
- To Louisa and Mary
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- Genres
- Nonfiction, History, General Nonfiction, Biography & Memoir, Politics and Government
- DDC/MDS
- 327.1273 — Society, government, & culture Political science International Relations: Spies Foreign policy and specific topics in international relations Espionage and subversion North America United States
- LCC
- JK468 .I6 .T455 — Political Science Political institutions and public administration (United States) Political institutions and public administration United States Government. Public administration
- BISAC
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- Languages
- English
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- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 4
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