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Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- LIST OF ACRONYMS -- INTRODUCTION -- PROLOGUE -- 1 Where Did the Family Jewels Come From? -- 2 The Family Jewels: -- 3 Domestic Surveillance -- 4 Surveillance II: -- 5 Detention and Interrogation -- 6 Assassination -- 7 Cloaking the Dagger -- 8 Plugging the Dike -- 9 Circling the Wagons -- 10 Clarity -- NOTES -- INDEX

Intro -- PREFACE -- A NOTE TO THE READER -- ACRONYMS -- PROLOGUE: GHOSTS IN THE MACHINE -- 1 THE HOUSE THAT ALLEN BUILT -- 2 ZEALOTS AND SCHEMERS -- 3 STARS AND METEORS -- 4 CRISES -- 5 THE CONSIGLIERI -- 6 THE SHERIFFS -- 7 THE HEADLESS HORSEMAN -- 8 A FAILED EXORCIST -- 9 JACOB MARLEY'S GHOSTS -- 10 THE FLYING DUTCHMAN -- NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX.

The assassination of Osama bin Laden by SEAL Team 6 in May 2011 will certainly figure among the greatest achievements of US Special Forces. After nearly ten years of searching, they descended into his Pakistan compound in the middle of the night, killed him, and secreted the body back into Afghanistan. Interest in these forces had always been high, but it spiked to new levels following this success. There was a larger lesson here too. For serious jobs, the president invariably turns to the US Special Forces: the SEALs, Delta Force, the Green Berets, and the USAF's Special Tactics squad. Given.

Prologue: the Japanese after Midway -- All along the Watchtower -- Under the Southern Cross -- The crimson tide -- Empire in the balance -- Inching for ground -- War of attrition -- Fortress Rabaul -- South Pacific dreams

The Cold War continues to shape international relations almost twenty years after being acknowledged as the central event of the last half of the twentieth century. Interpretations of how it ended thus remain crucial to an accurate understanding of global events and foreign policy. The reasons for the Cold War's conclusion, and the timing of its ending, are disputed to this day. In this concise introduction to the Cold War and its enduring legacy, John Prados recognizes the debate between those who argue the United States was the key player in bringing it to a close and those who maintain that American actions were secondary factors. Like a crime scene investigator meticulously dissecting evidence, he applies a succession of different methods of historical analysis to illuminate the key cataclysmic events of the 1980s and early 1990s from a range of perspectives. He also incorporates evidence from European and Soviet intelligence sources into the study. The result is a stunning narrative that redefines the era, embraces debate, and deconstructs history, providing a coherent explanation for the upheavals that ended the conflict. How the Cold War Ended also provides an in-depth guide to conducting historical inquiries: how to choose a subject, how to frame a narrative, and how to conduct research and draw conclusions. Prados does this for a variety of methods of historical analysis, furnishing a how-to guide for "doing history" even as it explores a crucial case study. - Publisher

The mystery of Bill Colby -- Baptism of fire -- Tianjin to trondheim -- The crusade begins -- Political action -- Journey to the east -- A bigger stage to play on -- Death in november -- Arc of crisis -- Exhilaration of war -- Rising from ashes -- The fall of phoenix -- Back to langley -- The top floor -- The year of intelligence -- Intelligence in a free society

The gamut of secret operations -- Cold war crucible -- The secret warriors -- "The kind of experience we need" -- Covert legions -- Bitter fruits -- Adventures in Asia -- "Acceptable norms of human conduct do not apply" -- Archipelago -- The war for the roof of the world -- "Another Black Hole of Calcutta" -- The Bay of Pigs: failure at Playa Giron -- Cold war and counterrevolution -- The secret war against Castro -- War in Southeast Asia -- Global reach -- The southern cone -- Rogue elephant to resurrection -- The mountains of Allah -- The Reagan revolution -- Bill Casey's war -- Project democracy -- Full circle -- The struggle for control -- Safe for democracy