The CIA and the Pursuit of Security

An illuminating documentary history of America’s most renowned intelligence agency Includes a wealth of declassified documents that will give readers an understanding of how the CIA instigated, understood or reacted to key historical events, with the authors’ commentary providing broader contextual analysisProvides a robust discussion of topics ranging from the high-Cold War and Vietnam to the arms race, rendition, and the hunt for Osama bin LadenShows how the business of intelligence and spying