{"product_id":"the-cia-an-imperial-history","title":"The CIA: An Imperial History","description":"\u003cb\u003eA celebrated historian uncovers how the CIA became the foremost defender of America's covert global empire in this thrilling history of American Intelligence.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"An adroit new overview.\" -\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e As World War II ended, the United States stood as the dominant power on the world stage. In 1947, to support its new global status, it created the CIA to analyze foreign intelligence. But within a few years, the Agency was engaged in other operations: bolstering pro-American governments, overthrowing nationalist leaders, and surveilling anti-imperial dissenters at home. The Cold War was an obvious reason for this transformation--but not the only one. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \u003ci\u003eThe CIA\u003c\/i\u003e, celebrated intelligence historian Hugh Wilford draws on decades of research to show the Agency as part of a larger picture, the history of Western empire. While young CIA officers imagined themselves as British imperial agents like T. E. Lawrence, successive US presidents used the covert powers of the Agency to hide overseas interventions from postcolonial foreigners and anti-imperial Americans alike. Even the CIA's post-9\/11 global hunt for terrorists was haunted by the ghosts of empires past. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Comprehensive, original, and gripping, \u003ci\u003eThe CIA \u003c\/i\u003eis the story of the birth of a new imperial order in the shadows. It offers the most complete account yet of how America adopted unaccountable power and secrecy abroad and at home.","brand":"Basic Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47993736790205,"sku":"BS-TC0-645912","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0771\/9767\/2637\/files\/9781541645912-HD.jpg?v=1786717630","url":"https:\/\/boundigo.com\/products\/the-cia-an-imperial-history","provider":"Boundigo Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}