The CIA and the Culture of Failure U.S. Intelligence from the End of the Cold War to the Invasion of Iraq
Stanford: Stanford Security Series / Stanford University Press, (2008). First Edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. 8vo. Pp. xiv, [2], 536. Illustrated with black & white photographs. Bibliography. Index. Bound in sand-colored cloth with black lettering printed on spine. Clean throughout. In the dust jacket. Fine / Fine. Item #10258
Previous owner was Jack Downing, "renowned spymaster," per Washington Post obituary, a refined sinophile who served as CIA Chief of Station in both Beijing and Moscow. Downing referenced as discussing with members of the Senate Intelligence Committee the then-unknown Aldrich Ames compromises. Dust jacket is now housed in a clear, removable archival sleeve.
Price: $40.00