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Clappers book tells the first, thoughtful, indepth history of the rise of the american intelligence community as a semiunited entity. His insiders account of the cold war, cia operations and the unraveling of the soviet union is sprinkled with revelations. Drawing on his access to classified information and toplevel involvement in policy decisions, gates lays bare the hidden wars and operations the united. Robert gates was a huge mistake for defense secretary. But when he was asked to help a nation mired in two wars and to aid the troops doing the fighting, he answered what he felt was the call of duty.
Webarchive template wayback links all articles with dead external links articles with dead. As the only person to rise from entrylevel analyst to director of the cia and to serve on the white house staffs of four presidents, robert gates is uniquely qualified to tell the unprecedented inside story of the cold war. Memoirs of a secretary at central intelligence agency. From college, to the usaf, to cia, the the white house, robert gates takes you on a journey through five presidential administrations and a significant period of the cold war. Gates shows that, contrary to conventional wisdom, there was extraordinary continuity of policy from one president to the next, most. After the war he flew in the berlin airlift, where he saw firsthand what it meant to live under socialism. After serving six presidents in both the cia and the national security council, robert m. The ultimate insiders story of five presidents and how they won the cold war. The ultimate insiders story of five presidents and how they won the cold war by gates, robert m. Publication date 1997 topics cia, history of usa, new world order, nwo, history collection opensource. The ultimate insiders story of five presidents and how they won the cold war gates, robert m. From the shadows isbn 9781439127483 pdf epub robert m. Instead, hes written a book that stands with the likes of robert gates first memoir, from the shadows. The book cover suggests that the book reveals the cia under five presidents, but it mostly talks about gate s interactions with the bureaucracy of the cia and the various administrations.
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