{"product_id":"selling-the-cia-david-s-mccarthy-9780700626427","title":"Selling the CIA: Public Relations and the Culture of Secrecy","description":"Dubbed the \"Year of Intelligence,\" 1975 was not a good year for the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). Caught spying on American citizens, the agency was under investigation, indicted in shocking headlines, its future covert operations at risk. Like so many others caught up in public scandal, the CIA turned to public relations. This book tells what happened next. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the mid-1970s CIA officials developed a public relations strategy to fend off the agency's critics. In \u003ci\u003eSelling the CIA\u003c\/i\u003e David Shamus McCarthy describes a PR campaign that proceeded with remarkable continuity--and effectiveness--through the decades and regimes that followed. He deftly chronicles the agency's efforts to project an image of openness and accountability, even as it did its best to put a positive spin on secrecy--\"[m]ore openness with greater secrecy,\" in the Orwellian words of one director of public affairs. A tale of machinations and manipulation worthy of Hollywood, McCarthy's work exposes a culture of secrecy unwittingly sustained by the forces of popular culture; a public relations offensive working on all fronts to perpetuate the CIA's mystique as the heroic guardian of national security. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Our failures are known, our successes are not\" has been the guiding mantra of this initiative. \u003ci\u003eSelling the CIA\u003c\/i\u003e spotlights how the agency's success in outmaneuvering Congress and avoiding public scrutiny stands as a direct threat to American democracy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David S. McCarthy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0700626425\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780700626427\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University Press of Kansas\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/14\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 232\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.10w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2018","brand":"David S. McCarthy","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48437990555903,"sku":"9780700626427","price":54.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_5b0538a7-ee43-426c-bc80-14e1cd4f27f7.jpg?v=1777168050","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/selling-the-cia-david-s-mccarthy-9780700626427","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}