Selling the CIA : public relations and the culture of secrecy / David Shamus McCarthy.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McCarthy, David Shamus, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Intelligence service--United States--History.

Intelligence service.

Public relations--United States--History.

Public relations.

United States. Central Intelligence Agency--History.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 215 pages )

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lawrence, Kansas : University Press of Kansas, [2018]

Summary:

"In Selling the CIA, David McCarthy contends that events that unfolded during the 1970s badly damaged the CIA's mystique, which had been assiduously cultivated since the Agency's inception in 1947. In response to the unprecedented crisis, CIA officials developed a far-reaching public relations strategy. McCarthy's is the first systematic history of CIA public relations between 1974 and 2014, demonstrating that the culture of secrecy at the CIA and its PR campaigns are fundamentally intertwined"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note:

Preface: The "Family Jewels"

Introduction: "A Fundamental Public Relations Problem"

1. "Telling the Intelligence Story": William Colby, ARIO, and the CIA Counteroffensive, 1973-1976

2. Admiral Stansfield Turner, Herbert Hetu, and the Legend of CIA Openness, 1977-1981

3. The Culture of Secrecy Unleashed, 1981-1987

4. The Rise and Fall of the New Era of Openness at the CIA, 1988-2001

5. "We Either Get Out and Sell, or We Get Hammered": The Spinning of Torture, 2002-2017

Conclusion

Acknowledgments

Notes

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [187]-200) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-7006-2643-3

OCLC:

1132668920