Ebooks on The CIA -- A Book Review From The Times And A Few Books That Can Be Freely Downloaded

From The Times Online:

Fair play for the CIA

We must not forget that the CIA was formed in an era of civic trust and patriotism
By James M. Murphy

The Cold War was fought on many fronts, but most of us think of it taking place on the battleground of covert action and espionage. There, the Soviet Union had home-field advantage: war was in the air in 1948, and many felt it might be lost almost before it began. George Kennan was one of them, seen in the opening chapter of Hugh Wilford’s The Mighty Wurlitzer as the “determined interventionist” who developed a Cold War strategy and a mechanism to fight it – the Office of Policy Coordination (OPC), later folded into the CIA. Frank Wisner, OPC’s first chief, brought in men like himself – OSS veterans bored with civilian life, all determined not to make the same mistakes in dealing with the Soviet Union which they felt their elders had in failing to contain Hitler.

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More Books On The CIA From Other Websites

The CIA World Factbook 2008 -- Avaxhome

Master of Disguise: My Secret Life in the CIA by Antonio J. Mendez -- Avaxhome

Flawed by Design: The Evolution of the CIA, JCS, and NSC by Amy Zegart -- Gigapedia (free registration required)

Lost Crusader: The Secret Wars of CIA Director William Colby by John Prados -- Gigapedia (free registration required)

Killing Hope : Us Military and CIA Interventions Since World War II by William Blum -- Gigapedia (free registration required)

THE SECRET TEAMS - The CIA in Control of the United States and the World by H. Duthel -- Internet Archive

The secret team: The CIA and its allies in control of the United States and the world by L. Fletcher Prouty -- Gigapedia (free registration required)