Safe for Democracy: The Secret Wars of the CIA

Safe for Democracy: The Secret Wars of the CIA by Prados, John. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9781566635745.

Safe for Democracy for the first time places the story of the CIAs covert operations squarely in the context of Americas global quest for democratic values and institutions. National security historian John Prados offers a comprehensive history of the CIAs secret wars that is as close to a definitive account as is possible today. He draws on three decades of research to illuminate the men and women of the intelligence establishment, their resources and techniques, their triumphs and failures. In a dramatic and revealing narrative, Safe for Democracy not only relates the inside stories of covert operations but examines in meticulous detail the efforts of presidents and Congress to control the CIA and the specific choices made in the agencys secret wars. Safe for Democracy is the most authoritative and complete book on the CIAs secret wars ever published.