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Errand into the wilderness of mirrors : religion and the history of the CIA / Michael Graziano.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Graziano, Michael (Religion scholar), author.
- Series:
- Chicago scholarship online.
- Chicago scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States. Central Intelligence Agency--History.
- United States.
- United States. Office of Strategic Services--History.
- National security--United States.
- National security.
- Intelligence service--United States--History--20th century.
- Intelligence service.
- National security--Religious aspects.
- Cold War--Religious aspects.
- Cold War.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (240 p.) : 2 line drawings
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2021.
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Summary:
- Michael Graziano's intriguing book fuses two landmark titles in American history: Perry Miller's 'Errand into the Wilderness' (1956), about the religious worldview of the early Massachusetts colonists, and David Martin's 'Wilderness of Mirrors' (1980), about the dangers and delusions inherent to the Central Intelligence Agency. 'Errand into the Wilderness of Mirrors' investigates the dangers and delusions that ensued from the religious worldview of the early molders of the Central Intelligence Agency. Graziano argues that the religious approach to intelligence by key OSS and CIA figures like 'Wild' Bill Donovan and Edward Lansdale was an essential, and overlooked, factor in establishing the agency's concerns, methods, and understandings of the world.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Introduction: Charting the Wilderness
- 1 American Spies and American Catholics
- 2 Refining the Religious Approach
- 3 The Great Jihad of Freedom
- 4 On Caring What It Is
- 5 Baptizing Vietnam
- 6 Counterinsurgency and the Study of World Religions
- 7 Iran and Revolutionary Thinking
- Conclusion: A New Wilderness
- Acknowledgments
- Notes
- Index
- Notes:
- Also issued in print: 2021.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on December 7, 2021).
- ISBN:
- 9780226767543
- 022676754X
- OCLC:
- 1250090032
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