The Central Intelligence Agency : History and Documents / edited by William M. Leary.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Leary, William M. (William Matthew), 1934-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. Central Intelligence Agency--History--Sources.

United States.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (197 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

[University, Alabama] : University of Alabama Press, [1984]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This volume pulls together a core collection of documents pertaining to the CIA. Leary''s introduction provides an overview and chronology of the US intelligence operations from the American Revolution through to World War II, and places the documents in proper perspective.

Contents:

Contents; Introduction; History of the Central lntelligence Agency; Part One: The Central lntelligence Group and the Central lntelligence Agency, 1946-52; Part Two: The Dulles Era, 1953-61; Part Three: Change and Routinization, 1961 -70; Part Four: The Recent Past, 1971 -75; Part Five: Conclusions; Organizational Charts; List of Acronyms; Documents; 1. Memorandum for the President by William J. Donovan, November 18, 1944; 2. President Harry S. Truman Establishes the Centrallntelligence Group, January 22, 1946; 3. The National Security Act of 1947 [excerpts]

4. National Security Council Directive 1012, June 18, 1948,Establishing the Office of Special Projects5. The Dulles-Jackson-Correa Report to the National SecurityCouncil on the Central lntelligence Agency and NationalOrganization for Intelligence, January 1, 1949 [Summary]; 6. Report of the Special Study Group [Doolittle Committee]on the Covert Activities of the Central lntelligence Agency,September 30, 1954 [excerpts]; 7. National Security Council Directive 541212,December 28, 1955, on Covert Operations

8. Final Report of the Senate''s Select Committee on Intelligence,April 26, 1976 [General Findings]9. Executive Order No. 12063, January 24, 1978,Governing Intelligence Activities [excerpts]; 10. Executive Order No. 12333, December 4, 1981,Governing Intelligence Activities [excerpts]; Bibliographical Essay; Index

Notes:

Includes index.

Bibliography: p. 180-185.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-8173-8862-1

OCLC:

889814014