The CIA and the Soviet Bloc: Political Warfare, the Origins of the CIA and Countering Communism in Europe

by Stephen Long

Book Overview

The Central Intelligence Agency was established by Harry S. Truman after World War II and it soon provided covert political and paramilitary support to further US foreign policy. Strengthened by President Eisenhower, by the early 1950s, under the command of Allen Dulles, the CIA was actively overthrowing governments-notably Prime Minister Mossadegh in Iran in 1953 and President Arbenz Guzman in Guatemala in 1954. The Agency was less effective in...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1350159018
• ISBN13: 9781350159013
• Release Date: April 2020
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 376 Pages
• Weight: 0.96 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.5"