Burn Before Reading
Presidents, CIA Directors, and Secret Intelligence
Published on 1. October 2005
Book
Hardback
319 pages
978-0-7868-6782-0 (ISBN)
Description
A CIA director offers a riveting glimpse into the complicated relationship between the United States presidents and their CIA chiefs.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
Little, Brown & Company
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
With dust jacket
Dimensions
Height: 238 mm
Width: 167 mm
Thickness: 26 mm
Weight
544 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7868-6782-0 (9780786867820)
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Person
Admiral Stansfield Turner served as director of central intelligence from 1977 to 1981, heading both the Intelligence Community and the CIA. Previously, as an admiral in the U.S. Navy, he served as the commander of the U.S. Second Fleet and president of the Naval War College, and as the commander in chief of NATO's Southern Flank. Admiral Turner is on the faculty of the University of Maryland's Graduate School of Public Policy. He lives in Washington, D.C.