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Subject(s)

• United States. Central Intelligence Agency—History [Browse]
• Intelligence service—United States—History [Browse]
• Public relations—United States—History [Browse]

Summary note

"In Selling the CIA, David McCarthy contends that events that unfolded during the 1970s badly damaged the CIA's mystique, which had been assiduously cultivated since the Agency's inception in 1947. In response to the unprecedented crisis, CIA officials developed a far-reaching public relations strategy. McCarthy's is the first systematic history of CIA public relations between 1974 and 2014, demonstrating that the culture of secrecy at the CIA and its PR campaigns are fundamentally intertwined"-- Provided by publisher.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Preface: The "family jewels" -- Introduction: "A fundamental public relations problem" -- "Telling the intelligence story": William Colby, ARIO, and the CIA counteroffensive, 1973-1976 -- Admiral Stansfield Turner, Herbert Hetu, and the legend of CIA openness, 1977-1980 -- The culture of secrecy unleashed, 1981-1987 -- The rise and fall of the new era of openness at the CIA, 1988-2001 -- "We either get out and sell, or we get hammered": the spinning of torture, 2002-2017.

ISBN

• 9780700626427 (hardcover)
• 0700626425 (hardcover)
• (electronic book)

LCCN

2018010428

OCLC

1012719254

Other standard number

• 99977917261

RCP

C - S