TY  - BOOK
AU  - Prados,John
TI  - Safe for democracy: the secret wars of the CIA 
SN  - 1566638232 : PAP
AV  - JK468.I6 P715 2006
U1  - 327.1273 22
PY  - 2006///
CY  - Chicago
PB  - Ivan R. Dee
KW  - United States
KW  - Central Intelligence Agency
KW  - Intelligence service
KW  - Foreign relations
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. [649]-678) and index; The gamut of secret operations -- Cold war crucible -- The secret warriors -- "The kind of experience we need" -- The covert legions -- Bitter fruits -- Adventures in Asia -- "Acceptable norms of human conduct do not apply" -- Archipelago -- The war for the roof of the world -- "Another Black Hole of Calcutta" -- The Bay of Pigs: failure at Playa Giron -- Cold war and counterrevolution -- The secret war against Castro -- War in Southeast Asia -- Global reach -- The southern cone -- From "rogue elephant" to resurrection -- The mountains of Allah -- The Reagan revolution -- Bill Casey's war -- Project democracy -- Full circle -- The struggle for control -- Safe for democracy
N2  - A history of the CIA, told through an analysis of its contributions to U.S. policy and key historical events, describes its covert operations as they specifically supported the nation's global quest for democratic values and institutions
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip069/2006006269.html
ER  -