Deadly deceits : my 25 years in the CIA / by Ralph W. McGehee.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York, NY : Sheridan Square Publications, c1983.Description: xii, 231 pages ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 094038003X :
  • 0940380021
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 327.1/2/06073 19
LOC classification:
  • JK 468 .I6 M 43 1983
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Contents:
1. Gung Ho ! -- 2. Japan and the Philippines: innocents abroad -- 3. Washington: fun in the files -- 4. A company man in China -- 5. Life at Langley -- 6. North Thailand: saving the Hill Tribes -- 7. Headquarters: duping Congress -- 8. In search of reds -- 9. Headquarters: ghosts in the halls -- 10. The CIA in Vietnam: transforming reality -- 11. Coming home -- 12. Down and our in Thailand -- 13. Light a the end of the tunnel -- 14. Conclusion -- 15. Appendix: this book and the secrecy agreement.
Summary: Ralph W. McGehee spent 25 years in the CIA, from 1952 to 1977. He entered a super-patriot at the height of the Cold War; he left disillusioned and shattered by what he had seen and learned, especially in Vietnam, as he watched a tragic and senseless war grow and expand. He learned, after long years of doubt and soul-searching, that the CIA was not an intelligence gathering agency presenting the facts to the policy makers. Rather it was nothing more than a covert action arm of the presidency, shaping and distorting the 'facts' to comport with official policy. Indeed this most timely book argues that the U.S. is running the same risks today in Central America and the Middle East." -- from the back cover.
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Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Gung Ho ! -- 2. Japan and the Philippines: innocents abroad -- 3. Washington: fun in the files -- 4. A company man in China -- 5. Life at Langley -- 6. North Thailand: saving the Hill Tribes -- 7. Headquarters: duping Congress -- 8. In search of reds -- 9. Headquarters: ghosts in the halls -- 10. The CIA in Vietnam: transforming reality -- 11. Coming home -- 12. Down and our in Thailand -- 13. Light a the end of the tunnel -- 14. Conclusion -- 15. Appendix: this book and the secrecy agreement.

Ralph W. McGehee spent 25 years in the CIA, from 1952 to 1977. He entered a super-patriot at the height of the Cold War; he left disillusioned and shattered by what he had seen and learned, especially in Vietnam, as he watched a tragic and senseless war grow and expand. He learned, after long years of doubt and soul-searching, that the CIA was not an intelligence gathering agency presenting the facts to the policy makers. Rather it was nothing more than a covert action arm of the presidency, shaping and distorting the 'facts' to comport with official policy. Indeed this most timely book argues that the U.S. is running the same risks today in Central America and the Middle East." -- from the back cover.

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