Tales from Langley: The CIA from Truman to Obama

by Peter Kross

The murky underworld of espionage, counterespionage, double and triple agents has long fascinated author Kross, and here he presents the people and events that have formulated the CIA from its inception in 1947 to today. He provides insights into such characters as founder Bill Donovan, mole-obsessed counterintelligence chief James Angleton and J. Edgar Hoover, whose FBI often clashed with the CIA, although their goals should have been aligned. He...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1939149169
• ISBN13: 9781939149169
• Release Date: May 2014
• Publisher: Adventures Unlimited Press
• Length: 378 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.3"