LEGACY of ASHES
The History of the CIA
TIM WEINER
There are no secrets that time does not reveal.
—Jean Racine, Britannicus (1669)
CONTENTS
AUTHOR'S NOTE xiii
PART ONE – "In the Beginning, We Knew Nothing":
The CIA Under Truman, 1945 to 1953
1 . "INTELLIGENCE MUST BE GLOBAL AND TOTALITARIAN" 3
2 . "THE LOGIC OF FORCE" 9
3 . "FIGHT FIRE WITH FIRE" 20
4 . "THE MOST SECRET THING" 32
5 . "A RICH BLIND MAN" 39
6 . "THEY WERE SUICIDE MISSIONS" 49
7 . "A VAST FIELD OF ILLUSION" 63
PART TWO – "A Strange Kind of Genius":
The CIA Under Eisenhower, 1953 to 1961
8 . "WE HAVE NO PLAN" 73
9 . "CIA'S GREATEST SINGLE TRIUMPH" 81
10 . "BOMB REPEAT BOMB" 93
1 1 . "AND THEN WE'LL HAVE A STORM" 105
12 . "WE RAN IT IN A DIFFERENT WAY" 116
13 . "WISHFUL BLINDNESS" 122
14 . "HAM-HANDED OPERATIONS OF ALL KINDS" 136
15 . "A VERY STRANGE WAR" 142
16 . "HE WAS LYING DOWN AND HE WAS LYING UP" 155
PART THREE – Lost Causes:
The CIA Under Kennedy and Johnson, 1961 to 1968
17 . "NOBODY KNEW WHAT TO DO" 171
18 . "WE HAD ALSO FOOLED OURSELVES" 189
19 . "WE'D BE DELIGHTED TO TRADE THOSE MISSILES" 199
20. "HEY, BOSS, WE DID A GOOD JOB, DIDN'T WE?" 210
21. "I THOUGHT IT WAS A CONSPIRACY" 222
22. "AN OMINOUS DRIFT" 236
23. "MORE COURAGE THAN WISDOM" 244
24. "THE BEGINNING OF A LONG SLIDE DOWNWARDS" 249
25. "WE KNEW THEN THAT WE COULD NOT WIN THE WAR" 265
26. "A POLITICAL H-BOMB" 270
27. "TRACK DOWN THE FOREIGN COMMUNISTS" 285
PART FOUR – "Get Rid of the Clowns":
The CIA Under Nixon and Ford, 1968 to 1977
28 . "WHAT THE HELL DO THOSE CLOWNS DO OUT THERE IN LANGLEY?" 291
29. "USG WANTS A MILITARY SOLUTION" 306
30. "WE ARE GOING TO CATCH A LOT OF HELL" 318
31 . "TO CHANGE THE CONCEPT OF A SECRET SERVICE" 325
32. "A CLASSIC FASCIST IDEAL" 330
33. "THE CIA WOULD BE DESTROYED" 335
34. "SAIGON SIGNING OFF" 340
35. "INEFFECTIVE AND SCARED" 346
PART FIVE – Victory Without Joy:
The CIA Under Carter, Reagan, and George H. W. Bush, 1977 to 1993
