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Burn Before Reading : Presidents, CIA Directors, and Secret Intelligence by Turner Stansfield (2005, Hardcover)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherGrand Central Publishing

ISBN-100786867825

ISBN-139780786867820

eBay Product ID (ePID)46755066

Product Key Features

Book TitleBurn before Reading : Presidents, Cia Directors, and Secret Intelligence

Number of Pages320 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicIntelligence & Espionage, History & Theory, International Relations / General, American Government / General

Publication Year2005

IllustratorYes

GenrePolitical Science

AuthorTurner Stansfield

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height1 in

Item Weight18.9 Oz

Item Length9.6 in

Item Width6.5 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2005-046264

Grade FromEighth Grade

Grade ToCollege Graduate Student

SynopsisA CIA director offers a riveting glimpse into the complicated relationship between the United States presidents and their CIA chiefs., In this "thoughtful, entertaining, and often insightful" book, a former CIA director explores the delicate give-and-take between the Oval Office and Langley. With the disastrous intelligence failures of the last few years still fresh in Americans minds--and to all appearances still continuing--there has never been a more urgent need for a book like this. In Burn Before Reading , Admiral Stansfield Turner, the CIA director under President Jimmy Carter, takes the reader inside the Beltway to examine the complicated, often strained relationships between presidents and their CIA chiefs. From FDR and "Wild Bill" Donovan to George W. Bush and George Tenet, twelve pairings are studied in these pages, and the results are eye-opening and provocative. Throughout, Turner offers a fascinating look into the machinery of intelligence gathering, revealing how personal and political issues often interfere with government business--and the nation's safety.

LC Classification NumberJK468.I6T868 2005