书目

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

内容简介

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.

作者简介

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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