the decline and fall of the CIA Faddis, Charles S. creator text bibliography ctu Guilford, Conn Lyons Press c2010 2010 monographic eng

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183 p. ; 24 cm. "Faddis discusses the birth of the CIA--then called the Office of Strategic Services--during World War II under "Wild Bill" Donovan, the twentieth-century American father of spy craft. Donovan's daring would not get him far in today's CIA, Faddis observes. Describing how the twenty-first-century CIA works from the inside out, he paints an unsettling picture of an agency that has truly gone awry--recalling, for example, his own experience in a Middle Eastern country as a chief of station without a qualified Arabic linguist on hand. Faddis concludes by setting forth the main points of a plan for building a new entity. He proposes that this agency draw on the best qualities of the OSS (and readopt its name) while adapting to twenty-first-century needs, and that it be staffed by many of the CIA's finest men and women. This new agency would maintain the midnight watch, so Americans can sleep well at night." --Cover, p. 2. Introduction -- Donovan would not make it -- Leadership? -- Calcification -- Define elite -- Political football -- The legion -- Everybody into the pool -- If one cook is good, ten must be better -- A new OSS. Charles S. Faddis. Includes bibliographical references and index. n-us--- United States. Central Intelligence Agency History Intelligence service United States History JK 468 F144b 2010 327.1273 9781599218519 1599218518 2009029670 http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1006/2009029670-b.html http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1006/2009029670-b.html DLC 020725 20230410121027.0 48222