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Wilford, Hugh, 1965-
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United States. Central Intelligence Agency -- History.
Intelligence service -- United States -- History.
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Wilford, Hugh, 1965-
United States. Central Intelligence Agency -- History.
Intelligence service -- United States -- History.
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The agency [videorecording (
DVD
)] : a history of the CIA / Hugh Wilford.
by
Wilford, Hugh, 1965-
Teaching Company, 2019.
Call #:
DVD
327
.1273
W677a
Subjects
United States. Central Intelligence Agency -- History.
Intelligence service -- United States -- History.
Series
Great courses (
DVD
). Modern history.
Great courses (
DVD
)
ISBN:
9781629976525
1629976520
Alternate title:
History of the CIA [videorecording (
DVD
)]
Great courses. The Agency : a history of the CIA [videorecording (
DVD
)]
Format:
[videorecording (
DVD
)] :
Description:
4 videodiscs (720 min.) : 5.1 Dolby digital sd., col. ; 12 cm. + 1 course guidebook (iv, 249 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm.)
Notes:
Course no. 8000.
"24 lectures / 30 minutes per lecture"--Container.
Home use only.
Closed-captioned.
Contents:
Disc 1. Secrecy, democracy, and the birth of the CIA -- George Kennan and the rise of covert ops -- The CIA, China, and the Korean War -- The Iran coup of August 1953 -- Regime change in Guatemala -- Operation rollback in Eastern Europe -- Disc 2. U-2 spy missions and battleground Berlin -- The CIA in Syria, Indonesia, and the Congo -- Under orders: the agency targets Castro -- Missile crisis in Cuba and at Langley -- Unquiet American: Edward Lansdale in Vietnam -- CIA fronts and the Ramparts exposé -- Disc 3. Spies in Hollywood: romance and thriller -- Nixon, Kissinger, and the coup in Chile -- Watergate, Nixon, and the family jewels -- James Angleton and the great CIA molehunt -- Colby, Church, and the CIA crisis of 1975 -- The CIA, Carter, and the hostage crisis in Iran -- Disc 4. Reagan, Casey, and the Iran-Contra scandal -- Afghanistan, the Soviets, and the CIA -- Intelligence failure: the road to 9/11 -- CIA advance in Afghanistan, retreat in Iraq -- CIA renditions, interrogations, and drones -- The CIA balance sheet: wins and losses.
Performers:
Lecturer: Professor Hugh Wilford, California State University, Long Beach.
Summary:
Follow a noted CIA expert and uncover how the CIA has shaped modern world history.
Genre:
Filmed lectures.
Educational films.
Films for the hearing impaired.
DVDs.
Other authors:
Teaching Company.
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