The Cia And The Cult Of Intelligence
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Edition: First ed.
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Very good
Pages: Good
A bombshell dropped at the heart of the American intelligence establishment, The CIA and the Cult of Intelligence stands as the first book the United States government ever went to court to suppress before publication — a fact that alone speaks volumes about the power of its contents. Written by Victor Marchetti, a former high-ranking CIA officer, and John D. Marks, a former State Department intelligence analyst, the book presents a meticulous and damning portrait of a secret government operating beyond democratic accountability, chronicling covert operations, political assassinations, and the systematic deception of the American public and its elected officials throughout the Cold War era. The work argues with unflinching authority that the CIA had grown into a self-perpetuating cult, bound not by the rule of law but by an almost religious devotion to secrecy and institutional self-preservation. Written with the insider authority of men who witnessed these operations firsthand, the narrative carries the unmistakable weight of testimony, forcing the reader to confront uncomfortable truths about the machinery of power. With an introduction by civil liberties attorney Melvin Wulf and published by Jonathan Cape in London, this landmark of political non-fiction remains as urgent and unsettling today as when the government fought desperately to keep it from your hands.
Author: Victor Marchetti And John D. Marks
Format: Hardback
Published: 1974, Jonathan Cape
Genre: Cold war & espionage
Edition: First ed.
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Very good
Pages: Good
A bombshell dropped at the heart of the American intelligence establishment, The CIA and the Cult of Intelligence stands as the first book the United States government ever went to court to suppress before publication — a fact that alone speaks volumes about the power of its contents. Written by Victor Marchetti, a former high-ranking CIA officer, and John D. Marks, a former State Department intelligence analyst, the book presents a meticulous and damning portrait of a secret government operating beyond democratic accountability, chronicling covert operations, political assassinations, and the systematic deception of the American public and its elected officials throughout the Cold War era. The work argues with unflinching authority that the CIA had grown into a self-perpetuating cult, bound not by the rule of law but by an almost religious devotion to secrecy and institutional self-preservation. Written with the insider authority of men who witnessed these operations firsthand, the narrative carries the unmistakable weight of testimony, forcing the reader to confront uncomfortable truths about the machinery of power. With an introduction by civil liberties attorney Melvin Wulf and published by Jonathan Cape in London, this landmark of political non-fiction remains as urgent and unsettling today as when the government fought desperately to keep it from your hands.