{"product_id":"the-man-who-kept-the-secrets-richard-helms-the-cia","title":"The man who kept the secrets: Richard Helms \u0026 the CIA","description":"\u003cp\u003eRichard Helms is the quintessential CIA man. For 30 years--from the very inception of the Central Intelligence Agency \u0026amp; before--he occupied pivotal positions in that shadowy world: OSS operator  spymaster  planner  plotter  \u0026amp;  finally  for over 6 years  Agency director. No other was so closely \u0026amp; personally involved  over so long a period  with so many CIA activities  successful \u0026amp; otherwise. His story is the story of the CIA. In portraying Helms extraordinary career  Pulitzer Prize-winning author Thomas Powers has in fact written the 1st comprehensive inside history of the CIA itself. Its a history  moreover  that is entirely uncensored. While the information on which its based has been drawn from intensive interviews with dozens of former key Agency officials  including Helms himself  as well as from exhaustive research thru hundreds of published \u0026amp; unpublished sources  the author isnt subject to the kind of legal restraints that have burdened others writing about the CIA. The result is a picture of the Agency more objective  more complete \u0026amp; more revealing than any hitherto available. Because its written with an eye for character \u0026amp; anecdote  its as readable as its important.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44965910085685,"sku":"ByrdShop_0394507770","price":60.9,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780394507774.jpg?v=1770549150","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-man-who-kept-the-secrets-richard-helms-the-cia","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}