The foundation of the CIA : Harry Truman, the Missouri Gang, and the origins of the Cold War /
Schroeder, Richard E.,
The foundation of the CIA : Harry Truman, the Missouri Gang, and the origins of the Cold War / Richard E. Schroeder. - x, 175 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-169) and index.
American National Intelligence: from the Revolutionary Army to World War II -- America in World War II and the beginnings of central intelligence -- William J. Donovan and the Office of Strategic Services -- Harry Truman, Sidney Souers, and the next steps -- The CIA, Roscoe Hillenkoetter, and the Cold War.
"This highly accessible book provides new material and a fresh perspective on American National Intelligence practice, focusing on the first fifty years of the twentieth century, when the United States took on the responsibilities of a global superpower during the first years of the Cold War. Late to the art of intelligence, the United States during World War II created a new model of combining intelligence collection and analytic functions into a single organization--the OSS. At the end of the war, President Harry Truman and a small group of advisors developed a new, centralized agency directly subordinate to and responsible to the President, despite entrenched institutional resistance. Instrumental to the creation of the CIA was a group known colloquially as the "Missouri Gang," which included not only President Truman but equally determined fellow Missourians Clark Clifford, Sidney Souers, and Roscoe Hillenkoetter." -- Book Jacket.
9780826221377
2017941373
Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972.
Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972.
United States. Central Intelligence Agency --History.
United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
USA Central Intelligence Agency.
Cold War (1945-1989)
Cold War.
History.
JK468.I6 / S256 2017
327.1273009
The foundation of the CIA : Harry Truman, the Missouri Gang, and the origins of the Cold War / Richard E. Schroeder. - x, 175 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-169) and index.
American National Intelligence: from the Revolutionary Army to World War II -- America in World War II and the beginnings of central intelligence -- William J. Donovan and the Office of Strategic Services -- Harry Truman, Sidney Souers, and the next steps -- The CIA, Roscoe Hillenkoetter, and the Cold War.
"This highly accessible book provides new material and a fresh perspective on American National Intelligence practice, focusing on the first fifty years of the twentieth century, when the United States took on the responsibilities of a global superpower during the first years of the Cold War. Late to the art of intelligence, the United States during World War II created a new model of combining intelligence collection and analytic functions into a single organization--the OSS. At the end of the war, President Harry Truman and a small group of advisors developed a new, centralized agency directly subordinate to and responsible to the President, despite entrenched institutional resistance. Instrumental to the creation of the CIA was a group known colloquially as the "Missouri Gang," which included not only President Truman but equally determined fellow Missourians Clark Clifford, Sidney Souers, and Roscoe Hillenkoetter." -- Book Jacket.
9780826221377
2017941373
Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972.
Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972.
United States. Central Intelligence Agency --History.
United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
USA Central Intelligence Agency.
Cold War (1945-1989)
Cold War.
History.
JK468.I6 / S256 2017
327.1273009