{"product_id":"cia-1","title":"Cia","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eTIMES \u003c\/i\u003eBOOK OF THE YEAR 2024\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNEW YORKER \u003c\/i\u003eBEST BOOK OF 2024\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eGripping history that also informs the present'' \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Lively and original'' \u003ci\u003eThe Spectator\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''A spectacular achievement'' Dominic Sandbrook\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Fast-paced, absorbing, insightful'' Simon Hall\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Simply superb'' Kathryn Olmsted\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   \u003cb\u003eT\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003ehe definitive history of how the CIA became the foremost defender of America''s   covert global empire\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   As World War II   ended, the United States stood as the dominant power on the world stage. In   1947, to support its new global status, it created the CIA to analyse foreign   intelligence. But within a few years, the Agency was engaged in other   operations: bolstering pro-American governments, overthrowing nationalist   leaders, and surveilling anti-imperial dissenters at home.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   The Cold War was an   obvious reason for this transformation - but not the only one. In \u003ci\u003eThe   CIA\u003c\/i\u003e, celebrated British   intelligence historian Hugh Wilford draws on   decades of research to show the Agency as part of a larger picture: the   history of Western empire. While young CIA officers imagined themselves as   British imperial agents like T. E. Lawrence, successive US presidents used   the covert powers of the Agency to hide overseas interventions from   postcolonial foreigners and anti-imperial Americans alike. Even the CIA''s   post-9\/11 global hunt for terrorists was haunted by the ghosts of empires   past.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eComprehensive, original, and gripping, \u003ci\u003eThe CIA\u003c\/i\u003e is the   story of the birth of a new imperial order in the shadows. It offers the most   complete account yet of how America adopted unaccountable power and secrecy   abroad and at home.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57400618942846,"sku":"NW9781399816847","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781399816847.jpg?v=1778608618","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/en-usa\/products\/cia-1","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}