Selling the CIA : public relations and the culture of secrecy

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"--

Record details

ISBN: 9780700626427
ISBN: 0700626425
ISBN: 9780700626434
ISBN: 0700626433
Physical Description: 1 online resource (xi, 215 pages)
remote
Computer data.
Publisher: Lawrence, Kansas : University Press of Kansas, [2018]

Content descriptions

General Note:	CatMonthString:september.21 Multi-User.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	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, 1977-1980 -- 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.
Type of Computer File or Data Note:	Text (HTML), electronic book.
System Details Note:	Mode of access: Internet.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note:	Access requires VIU IP addresses and is restricted to VIU students, faculty and staff. Access restricted by subscription.
Issuing Body Note:	Made available online by JSTOR.
Source of Description Note:	Print version record.