| Description |
vi, 426 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 21cm. |
| Note |
Originally published: 2009. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Roller-coaster ride : the travails of American communications intelligence : 1945-1950 -- The storm breaks : SIGINT and the Korean War : 1950-1951 -- Fight for survival : the creation of the National Security Agency -- The inventory of ignorance |
| Summary |
Presents a history of the agency, from its inception in 1945, to its role in the Cold War, to its controversial advisory position at the time of the Bush administration's search for weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, shortly before the invasio |
| Subject |
United States. National Security Agency -- History.
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Intelligence service -- United States.
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Electronic surveillance -- United States.
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United States -- History -- 1945-
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| ISBN |
9781608190966 (pbk.) |
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160819096X (pbk.) |
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