For the President's Eyes Only: Secret Intelligence and the American Presidency from Washington to Bush

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Harper Collins, Mar 1, 1996 - History - 688 pages
From the co-author of KGB: The Inside Story and an acknowledged authority on the subject comes "the most important book ever written about American intelligence."--David Kahn, author of The Codebreakers and Hitler's Spies
 

Contents

The President and Intelligence
1
From Woodrow Wilson
30
The Path to Pearl Harbor
75
Roosevelt at War 19411945
123
Harry S Truman 19451953
149
Dwight D Eisenhower 19531961
199
John F Kennedy 19611963
257
Lyndon B Johnson 19631969
307
Richard M Nixon 19691974
350
Gerald R Ford 19741977
397
Jimmy Carter 19771981
425
Ronald Reagan 19811989
457
George Bush 19891993
503
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Christopher Andrew is Professor of Modern and Contemporary History at Cambridge University, a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, former Visiting Professor of National Security at Harvard University, and guest lecturer at numerous American universities and the CIA. His writings, translated into many languages, have established him as one of the world's leading authorities in intelligence history. Professor Andrew is also a frequent host of BBC TV and radio programs on history and world affairs.

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