Directors of central intelligence as leaders of the U.S. intelligence community, 1946-2005 /

An essential historical study of all nineteen directors of central intelligence.

Manylion Llyfryddiaeth
Prif Awdur: Garthoff, Douglas F.
Fformat: Licensed eBooks
Iaith:Saesneg
Cyhoeddwyd: Dulles, Va. : Potomac Books, 2007.
Rhifyn:1st ed.
Mynediad Ar-lein:https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=388601
Tabl Cynhwysion:
  • First four DCIs: gaining a foothold
  • Allen Dulles: reluctant manager
  • John McCone and William Raborn: new kind of DCI
  • Richard Helms: corralling the beast
  • James Schlesinger: new direction
  • William Colby: positive efforts amid turmoil
  • George Bush: calm between storms
  • Stansfield Turner: ambition denied
  • William Casey: back to basics
  • William Webster: transition to post-Cold War era
  • Robert Gates: preemptive reform
  • R. James Woolsey: uncompromising defender
  • John Deutch: beyond the community
  • George Tenet: deputizing integration
  • Porter Goss: the last DCI
  • Final observations.