Safe for Democracy: The Secret Wars of the CIA

by Prados, John

• ISBN13: 9781566635745
• ISBN10: 1566635748
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-10-01
• Publisher: Natl Book Network

Summary

Safe for Democracy for the first time places the story of the CIA's covert operations squarely in the context of America's global quest for democratic values and institutions. National security historian John Prados offers a comprehensive history of the CIA's secret wars that is as close to a definitive account as is possible today. He draws on three decades of research to illuminate the men and women of the intelligence establishment, their resources and techniques, their triumphs and failures. In a dramatic and revealing narrative, Safe for Democracy not only relates the inside stories of covert operations but examines in meticulous detail the efforts of presidents and Congress to control the CIA and the specific choices made in the agency's secret wars. Safe for Democracy is the most authoritative and complete book on the CIA's secret wars ever published.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	ix
Foreword	xiii
Major Figures in the Book	xvii
Acronyms Used in the Book	xxxi
1 The Gamut of Secret Operations	3	(25)
2 The Cold War Crucible	28	(14)
3 The Secret Warriors	42	(16)
4 "The Kind of Experience We Need"	58	(20)
5 The Covert Legions	78	(19)
6 Bitter Fruits	97	(27)
7 Adventures in Asia	124	(21)
8 "Acceptable Norms of Human Conduct Do Not Apply"	145	(17)
9 Archipelago	162	(22)
10 The War for the Roof of the World	184	(20)
11 "Another Black Hole of Calcutta"	204	(32)
12 The Bay of Pigs: Failure at Playa Girón	236	(37)
13 Cold War and Counterrevolution	273	(25)
14 The Secret War Against Castro	298	(39)
15 War in Southeast Asia	337	(29)
16 Global Reach	366	(30)
17 The Southern Cone	396	(35)
18 From "Rogue Elephant" to Resurrection	431	(36)
19 The Mountains of Allah	467	(26)
20 The Reagan Revolution	493	(14)
21 Bill Casey's War	507	(32)
22 Project Democracy	539	(33)
23 Full Circle	572	(34)
24 The Struggle for Control	606	(34)
25 Safe for Democracy	640	(9)
Notes	649	(26)
A Note on Sources	675	(4)
Index	679