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Format:
Video disc
Title:
The Agency : a history of the CIA
ISBN:
9781629976525

9781980047254
Edition:
Widescreen.
Publication:
Chantilly, VA : The Great Courses, [2019]
Physical Description:
4 videodiscs (12 hr.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebook (iv, 249 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm)
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General Note:
"Course No. 8000"--Container

"24 lectures/30 minutes per lecture"--Container

Accompanying course guidebook contains lecture notes and bibliographical references.
Contents:
Disc 1. Secrecy, democracy, and the birth of the CIA -- George Kennan and the rise of covert ops -- The CIA, China, and the Korean War -- The Iran coup of August 1953 -- Regime change in Guatemala -- Operation rollback in Eastern Europe. Disc 2. U-2 spy missions and battleground Berlin -- The CIA in Syria, Indonesia, and the Congo -- Under orders: the agency targets Castro -- Missile crisis in Cuba and at Langley -- Unquiet American: Edward Lansdale in Vietnam -- CIA fronts and the Ramparts exposé. Disc 3. Spies in Hollywood: romance and thriller -- Nixon, Kissinger, and the coup in Chile -- Watergate, Nixon, and the family jewels -- James Angleton and the great CIA molehunt -- Colby, Church, and the CIA crisis of 1975 -- The CIA, Carter, and the hostage crisis in Iran. Disc 4. Reagan, Casey, and the Iran-Contra scandal -- Afghanistan, the Soviets, and the CIA -- Intelligence failure: the road to 9/11 -- CIA advance in Afghanistan, retreat in Iraq -- CIA renditions, interrogations, and drones -- The CIA balance sheet: wins and losses.
Summary:
"Follow a noted CIA expert and uncover how the CIA has shaped modern world history."--Container
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