{"product_id":"spymasters-ralph-weber-9780842027151","title":"Spymasters: Ten CIA Officers in Their Own Words","description":"\u003ci\u003eSpymasters\u003c\/i\u003e is a collection of interviews revealing enlightening perspectives on the covert operations of this powerful, secretive arm of the U.S. government. Here former top-ranking CIA officials shed light on some of the most sensitive issues and practices in American foreign intelligence to date. These men disclose information about: \u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cli\u003ePresident Harry S. Truman's demands for a centralized intelligence agency and the stubborn resistance of James F. Byrnes, J. Edgar Hoover, and the military services\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cli\u003ethe tumultuous early stages of the National Security Council\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cli\u003ethe failed Bay of Pigs invasion\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cli\u003ethe confusion surrounding the Kennedy assassination\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cli\u003eKhrushchev's ousting\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cli\u003eOperation MONGOOSE\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cli\u003ethe Gulf of Tonkin incident\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The interviews are especially valuable for their portrayal of the relationships between the agency's directors and the presidents during the most anxious and threatening decades of the Cold War. The CIA's successes and failures are recounted and carefully evaluated by the men who were there, often times issuing the orders\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ralph Weber\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0842027157\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780842027151\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Rowman \u0026amp; Littlefield Publishers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/01\/2002\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 356\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.19lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.95h x 5.99w x 0.77d","brand":"Ralph Weber","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44120380375295,"sku":"9780842027151","price":50.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_21782332-b325-4764-bc53-e9b0dfcb5025.jpg?v=1687414011","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/spymasters-ralph-weber-9780842027151","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}