How the Soviet Menace was over-hyped, and what we can learn from this
Summary: Histories of the CIA document its poor performance as an intelligence agency (e.g., Tim Weiner’s 2007 book Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA). While incompetence certainly plays a role in degrading its performance, obedience to its political superiors probably plays a far more informant role. Such as the relentless hyping of the …
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