Intelligence Wars: American Secret History from Hitler to Al-Qaeda

This updated edition contains new analysis on the situation in Iraq and the war against terrorism.

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No one outside the intelligence services knows more about their culture than Thomas Powers. In this book he tells stories of shadowy successes, ghastly failures, and, more often, gripping uncertainties. They range from the CIA's long cold war struggle with its Russian adversary to debates about the use of secret intelligence in a democrati…