Eclipse: The Last Days of the CIABased on interviews with top ranking C.I.A. insiders, Mark Perry's Eclipse is at once a history of the governmental agency and an expose of its most recent cover operations. From George Bush to William Casey to William Webster to Robert Gates, the author examines both the triumphs and the blunders made on behalf of the American public.C., New York, and Chicago. |
Contents
Glossary of Intelligence Acronyms and Titles | 13 |
Chronology | 21 |
Prologue | 27 |
Copyright | |
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