Burn Before Reading: Presidents, CIA Directors, and Secret Intelligence

Burn Before Reading: Presidents, CIA Directors, and Secret Intelligence

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作者: Stansfield Turner 著

出版社: Hyperion

出版时间: 2005-09

ISBN: 9780786867820

定价: 223.70

装帧: 精装

开本: 其他

纸张: 其他

页数: 320页

正文语种: 英语

分类: 外文古旧书>英文书>历史

ACIAdirectoroffersarivetingglimpseintothecomplicatedrelationshipbetweentheUnitedStatespresidentsandtheirCIAchiefsThewaytheU.S.governmentgathersintelligenceinformationhasbecomefront-pagenews.InBurnBeforeReading,formerCIAdirectorAdmiralStansfieldTurnerhighlightspivotalmomentsbetweenpresidentsandtheirCIAdirectors-detailingthedecisionsthatcontinuetoshapetheintelligencecommunityandourworld.Thisbehind-the-sceneslookattheCIA+srelationshipwiththepresidents,fromWorldWarIItothepresentday,revealshowintelligencegatheringworks,andhowpersonalandpoliticalissuesofteninterferewithgovernmentbusiness.InBurnBeforeReading,welearn:l-WhyPresidentHarryTrumandistrustedtheCIAyetendedupexpandingit.l-HowPresidentJohnF.KennedyentrustedhisreputationtotheCIAattheBayofPigsinCubaandgotburned.l-ThatPresidentNixonstronglymistrustedthe-IvyLeague+CIAandtried,unsuccessfully,touseitasawayoutofWatergate.l-ThatPresidentGeraldFordwasconfrontedwiththreereportsofegregiousandillegalCIAmisdeeds,andhowherespondedbyreplacingCIAdirectorColbywithGeorgeH.W.Bush.Drawingonhisownpersonalexperience,aswellasinterviewswithlivingpresidents,TurnertakesusintotheWhiteHouseandshareswithusanintimateviewoftheinnerworkingofourgovernment+sintelligenceagency.TherehasneverbeenatimewhentherelationshipbetweenthepresidentandtheheadoftheCIAhasbeensoscrutinizedorsorelevanttoourgovernmentpolicy.ThisbookconcludeswithablueprintforreorganizingtheintelligencecommunityandstrengtheningtherelationshipbetweentheCIAandthepresident.

TonyHillermanTonyHillerman'sexperienceasajournalistandaloverofNativeAmericanculturelentanunmistakableauthenticitytohismysteries.InadditiontohispopularseriesstarringNavajoTribalPolicedetectivesCheeandLeaphorn,hewrotestandalonenovels,essaysabouttheSouthwest,andawarmlyreviewedautobiography(SeldomDisappointed)thatrevealednotonlyhistalent,buthisbraveryasasoldierinWorldWarII.Hediedin2008attheageof83.BiographyTonyHillerman(1925-2008),anAlbuquerque,NewMexico,residentsince1963,wastheauthorof29books,includingthepopular17-mysteryseriesfeaturingNavajopoliceofficersJimCheeandJoeLeaphorn,twonon-seriesnovels,twochildren'sbooks,andnonfictionworks.Hehadreceivedeverymajorhonorformysteryfiction;awardsrangingfromtheNavajoTribalCouncil'scommendationtoFrance'sesteemedGrandprixdelitteraturepoliciere.WesternWritersofAmericahonoredhimwiththeWisterAwardforLifetimeachievementin2008.HeservedaspresidentoftheprestigiousMysteryWritersofAmerica,andwashonoredwiththatgroup'sEdgarAwardandasoneofmysteryfiction'sGrandMasters.In2001,hismemoir,SeldomDisappointed,wonboththeAnthonyandAgathaAwardsforbestnonfiction.AuthorbiographycourtesyofHarperCollins.Hometown:Albuquerque,NewMexicoDateofBirth:五月27,1925PlaceofBirth:SacredHeart,OklahomaDateofDeath:十月26,2008PlaceofDeath:Albuquerque,NewMexico
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ACIAdirectoroffersarivetingglimpseintothecomplicatedrelationshipbetweentheUnitedStatespresidentsandtheirCIAchiefsThewaytheU.S.governmentgathersintelligenceinformationhasbecomefront-pagenews.InBurnBeforeReading,formerCIAdirectorAdmiralStansfieldTurnerhighlightspivotalmomentsbetweenpresidentsandtheirCIAdirectors-detailingthedecisionsthatcontinuetoshapetheintelligencecommunityandourworld.Thisbehind-the-sceneslookattheCIA+srelationshipwiththepresidents,fromWorldWarIItothepresentday,revealshowintelligencegatheringworks,andhowpersonalandpoliticalissuesofteninterferewithgovernmentbusiness.InBurnBeforeReading,welearn:l-WhyPresidentHarryTrumandistrustedtheCIAyetendedupexpandingit.l-HowPresidentJohnF.KennedyentrustedhisreputationtotheCIAattheBayofPigsinCubaandgotburned.l-ThatPresidentNixonstronglymistrustedthe-IvyLeague+CIAandtried,unsuccessfully,touseitasawayoutofWatergate.l-ThatPresidentGeraldFordwasconfrontedwiththreereportsofegregiousandillegalCIAmisdeeds,andhowherespondedbyreplacingCIAdirectorColbywithGeorgeH.W.Bush.Drawingonhisownpersonalexperience,aswellasinterviewswithlivingpresidents,TurnertakesusintotheWhiteHouseandshareswithusanintimateviewoftheinnerworkingofourgovernment+sintelligenceagency.TherehasneverbeenatimewhentherelationshipbetweenthepresidentandtheheadoftheCIAhasbeensoscrutinizedorsorelevanttoourgovernmentpolicy.ThisbookconcludeswithablueprintforreorganizingtheintelligencecommunityandstrengtheningtherelationshipbetweentheCIAandthepresident.
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TonyHillermanTonyHillerman'sexperienceasajournalistandaloverofNativeAmericanculturelentanunmistakableauthenticitytohismysteries.InadditiontohispopularseriesstarringNavajoTribalPolicedetectivesCheeandLeaphorn,hewrotestandalonenovels,essaysabouttheSouthwest,andawarmlyreviewedautobiography(SeldomDisappointed)thatrevealednotonlyhistalent,buthisbraveryasasoldierinWorldWarII.Hediedin2008attheageof83.BiographyTonyHillerman(1925-2008),anAlbuquerque,NewMexico,residentsince1963,wastheauthorof29books,includingthepopular17-mysteryseriesfeaturingNavajopoliceofficersJimCheeandJoeLeaphorn,twonon-seriesnovels,twochildren'sbooks,andnonfictionworks.Hehadreceivedeverymajorhonorformysteryfiction;awardsrangingfromtheNavajoTribalCouncil'scommendationtoFrance'sesteemedGrandprixdelitteraturepoliciere.WesternWritersofAmericahonoredhimwiththeWisterAwardforLifetimeachievementin2008.HeservedaspresidentoftheprestigiousMysteryWritersofAmerica,andwashonoredwiththatgroup'sEdgarAwardandasoneofmysteryfiction'sGrandMasters.In2001,hismemoir,SeldomDisappointed,wonboththeAnthonyandAgathaAwardsforbestnonfiction.AuthorbiographycourtesyofHarperCollins.Hometown:Albuquerque,NewMexicoDateofBirth:五月27,1925PlaceofBirth:SacredHeart,OklahomaDateofDeath:十月26,2008PlaceofDeath:Albuquerque,NewMexico

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