The foundation of the CIA : Harry Truman, the Missouri Gang, and the origins of the Cold War /
Richard E. Schroeder.
- Columbia : University of Missouri Press, (c)2017.
- 1 online resource (x, 175 pages) : illustrations, maps, portraits
Includes bibliographies and index.
American National Intelligence: from the Revolutionary Army to World War II -- America in World War II and the beginnings of central intelligence -- William J. Donovan and the Office of Strategic Services -- Harry Truman, Sidney Souers, and the next steps -- The CIA, Roscoe Hillenkoetter, and the Cold War.
"This highly accessible book provides new material and a fresh perspective on American National Intelligence practice, focusing on the first fifty years of the twentieth century, when the United States took on the responsibilities of a global superpower during the first years of the Cold War. Late to the art of intelligence, the United States during World War II created a new model of combining intelligence collection and analytic functions into a single organization--the OSS. At the end of the war, President Harry Truman and a small group of advisors developed a new, centralized agency directly subordinate to and responsible to the President, despite entrenched institutional resistance. Instrumental to the creation of the CIA was a group known colloquially as the "Missouri Gang," which included not only President Truman but equally determined fellow Missourians Clark Clifford, Sidney Souers, and Roscoe Hillenkoetter."--Jacket
9780826273932
Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972.
United States. Central Intelligence Agency --History.
Cold War. Intelligence service--History--United States--20th century.