Safe For Democracy: The Secret Wars Of The CIA

National security historian John Prados offers a comprehensive history of the CIA's secret wars that is as close to a definitive account as is possible today. He draws on three decades of research to illuminate the men and women of the intelligence establishment, their resources and techniques, their triumphs and failures. In a dramatic and revealing narrative, Mr. Prados not only relates the inside stories of convert operations but examines in meticulous detail the efforts of presidents and Congress to control the CIA and the specific choices that were made in the agency's secret wars. Book jacket.

Acknowledgments	p. ix
Foreword	p. xiii
Major Figures in the Book	p. xvii
Acronyms Used in the Book	p. xxxi
The Gamut of Secret Operations	p. 3
The Cold War Crucible	p. 28
The Secret Warriors	p. 42
"The Kind of Experience We Need"	p. 58
The Covert Legions	p. 78
Bitter Fruits	p. 97
Adventures in Asia	p. 124
"Acceptable Norms of Human Conduct Do Not Apply"	p. 145
Archipelago	p. 162
The War for the Roof of the World	p. 184
"Another Black Hole of Calcutta"	p. 204
The Bay of Pigs: Failure at Playa Girón	p. 236
Cold War and Counterrevolution	p. 273
The Secret War Against Castro	p. 298
War in Southeast Asia	p. 337
Global Reach	p. 366
The Southern Cone	p. 396
From "Rogue Elephant" to Resurrection	p. 431
The Mountains of Allah	p. 467
The Reagan Revolution	p. 493
Bill Casey's War	p. 507
Project Democracy	p. 539
Full Circle	p. 572
The Struggle for Control	p. 606
Safe for Democracy	p. 640
Notes	p. 649
A Note on Sources	p. 675
Index	p. 679
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