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Review: From the Shadows: The Ultimate Insider's Story of Five Presidents and How They Won the Cold WarUser Review - Anthony Meaney - GoodreadsThis is not a book about covert actions or cloak and dagger "spy stuff". It is a book about the other side of the CIA - the analytical piece that forms most of the foreign policy decisions of the US ... Read full review Review: From the Shadows: The Ultimate Insider's Story of Five Presidents and How They Won the Cold WarUser Review - Simon O'keeffe - GoodreadsVery in depth account of the Cold War era of the CIA by the only person to ever start as a junior and become director. Lots of detail and behind the scenes anecdotes. Can get a little repetitive at times, but still very readable. Read full review Related books
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