Directors of central intelligence as leaders of the U.S. intelligence community, 1946-2005

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ISBN: 1597971170
ISBN: 9781597971171
ISBN: 1612343651
ISBN: 9781612343655
Physical Description: 1 online resource (xxiii, 336 pages) : portraits
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Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Dulles, Va. : Potomac Books, 2007.

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-319) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	First four DCIs: gaining a foothold -- Allen Dulles: reluctant manager -- John McCone and William Raborn: new kind of DCI -- Richard Helms: corralling the beast -- James Schlesinger: new direction -- William Colby: positive efforts amid turmoil -- George Bush: calm between storms -- Stansfield Turner: ambition denied -- William Casey: back to basics -- William Webster: transition to post-Cold War era -- Robert Gates: preemptive reform -- R. James Woolsey: uncompromising defender -- John Deutch: beyond the community -- George Tenet: deputizing integration -- Porter Goss: the last DCI -- Final observations.
Source of Description Note:	Print version record.