Selling the CIA : public relations and the culture of secrecy / David Shamus McCarthy.
McCarthy, David Shamus author.
2018
JK468.I6 M422 2018 (Mapit)
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Title
Selling the CIA : public relations and the culture of secrecy / David Shamus McCarthy.
Author
McCarthy, David Shamus author.
ISBN
9780700626427 (hardcover)
0700626425 (hardcover)
9780700626434 (electronic book)
Published
Lawrence, Kansas : University Press of Kansas, [2018]
Language
English
Description
xi, 215 pages ; 24 cm
Call Number
JK468.I6 M422 2018
Dewey Decimal Classification
327.1273
Summary
"In Selling the CIA, David McCarthy contends that events that unfolded during the 1970s badly damaged the CIA's mystique, which had been assiduously cultivated since the Agency's inception in 1947. In response to the unprecedented crisis, CIA officials developed a far-reaching public relations strategy. McCarthy's is the first systematic history of CIA public relations between 1974 and 2014, demonstrating that the culture of secrecy at the CIA and its PR campaigns are fundamentally intertwined"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Preface: The "family jewels"
Introduction: "A fundamental public relations problem"
"Telling the intelligence story": William Colby, ARIO, and the CIA counteroffensive, 1973-1976
Admiral Stansfield Turner, Herbert Hetu, and the legend of CIA openness, 1977-1981
The culture of secrecy unleashed, 1981-1987
The rise and fall of the new era of openness at the CIA, 1988-2001
"We either get out and sell, or we get hammered": the spinning of torture, 2002-2017.

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