The Agency: A History of the CIA
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Episódios
- T1 EP.1 — Secrecy, Democracy, and the Birth of the CIA
28 de fevereiro de 201929minWhy did the United States create a secret foreign intelligence service in the first place? For the answer, examine three key periods of U.S. government intelligence before the birth of the CIA: the American Revolution to the late 1930s, World War II, and the postwar years from 1945 to 1947. #HistoryTeste gratuito do canal The Great Courses Signature Collection ou comprar - T1 EP.2 — George Kennan and the Rise of Covert Ops
28 de fevereiro de 201930minProfessor Wilford reveals how the CIA transformed from an intelligence agency to housing the United States’ premier covert-action unit in the space of just two years. Central to this conversion is George F. Kennan, who declared “political warfare” against the Soviet Union through his policies of both containment and “rollback.”Teste gratuito do canal The Great Courses Signature Collection ou comprar - T1 EP.3 — The CIA, China, and the Korean War
28 de fevereiro de 201929minDiscover how the CIA, with its attention drawn to Asia, failed to rein in the growing emphasis on covert operations and restore its focus on intelligence gathering and analysis. Two factors you’ll focus on: the lack of public scrutiny of the CIA’s actions and the arrival of future CIA director Allen Dulles.Teste gratuito do canal The Great Courses Signature Collection ou comprar - T1 EP.4 — The Iran Coup of August 1953
28 de fevereiro de 201927minMore than any other operation, the 1953 Iran Coup created a culture of covert action that would shape the CIA’s future. First, study the shifting political attitudes toward Iranian nationalism. Then, learn about the Iran operation itself (TP-AJAX). Finally, ponder who was most responsible for Mohammad Mosaddeq’s fall from power.Teste gratuito do canal The Great Courses Signature Collection ou comprar - T1 EP.5 — Regime Change in Guatemala
28 de fevereiro de 201930minIn this episode, explore the CIA’s role in the Guatemalan coup (the operation codenamed PB-SUCCESS) that brought about a new era of murderous dictatorship to the country and a surge of anti-American sentiment across Central and South America that has haunted U.S. relations with the region to this day.Teste gratuito do canal The Great Courses Signature Collection ou comprar - T1 EP.6 — Operation Rollback in Eastern Europe
28 de fevereiro de 201929minOne of the CIA’s first major setbacks was the tragic failure of the Hungarian uprising, despite the agency’s attempts to liberate the Eastern Bloc countries during the early 1950s. Here, investigate CIA efforts to organize anti-communist Eastern European emigres to liberate their homelands and the creation of Radio Free Europe to counteract communist-controlled media.Teste gratuito do canal The Great Courses Signature Collection ou comprar - T1 EP.7 — U-2 Spy Missions and Battleground Berlin
28 de fevereiro de 201929minFocus on the CIA’s efforts to gain intelligence about its chief Cold War enemy: the Soviet Union. Professor Wilford covers how the CIA employed human agents as spies (HUMINT), how the CIA attempted to intercept Soviet signals (SIGINT), and how the CIA used advanced technology like the U-2 spy plane to gather intelligence (TECHINT).Teste gratuito do canal The Great Courses Signature Collection ou comprar - T1 EP.8 — The CIA in Syria, Indonesia, and the Congo
28 de fevereiro de 201930minGo inside the CIA’s three major covert ops setbacks of the late 1950s. The first was a follow-up attempt at regime change in Syria (1957), the second was an attempt to unseat the Indonesia leader Sukarno (1958), and the last was the effort to remove the Congolese prime minster, Patrice Lumumba (1960).Teste gratuito do canal The Great Courses Signature Collection ou comprar - T1 EP.9 — Under Orders: The Agency Targets Castro
28 de fevereiro de 201928minWhy were both Dwight D. Eisenhower and John F. Kennedy so dead-set on removing Fidel Castro from power? How did the CIA plan to use hallucinogens to assassinate the communist dictator? What made the CIA’s Bay of Pigs covert operation such a resounding (and public) disaster?Teste gratuito do canal The Great Courses Signature Collection ou comprar - T1 EP.10 — Missile Crisis in Cuba and at Langley
28 de fevereiro de 201927minThe Cuban Missile Crisis of October 1962 was arguably the defining moment in the Cold War: 13 days in which the world came closest to a nuclear confrontation. Using recent scholarship, Professor Wilford unpacks the CIA’s performance during the crisis and how it sparked a return to traditional intelligence work instead of covert ops.Teste gratuito do canal The Great Courses Signature Collection ou comprar - T1 EP.11 — Unquiet American: Edward Lansdale in Vietnam
28 de fevereiro de 201931minGet a more complete understanding of U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War by including the CIA in the larger narrative, specifically the fascinating and controversial Edward Lansdale. Learn how the CIA tried to win the war through nation-building and counterinsurgency, and how it provided the military with tactical and strategic intelligence.Teste gratuito do canal The Great Courses Signature Collection ou comprar - T1 EP.12 — CIA Fronts and the Ramparts Exposé
28 de fevereiro de 201929minWhy did the CIA secretly fund groups of Americans at home in the United States (the longest-running and most expensive operation of the Cold War era)? What did the groups themselves think of the roles they played? Investigate how the rivalry between the United States and the Soviet Union quickly became a global ideological battle.Teste gratuito do canal The Great Courses Signature Collection ou comprar - T1 EP.13 — Spies in Hollywood: Romance and Thriller
28 de fevereiro de 201927minSince its inception, the CIA has deliberately tried to influence the purveyors of culture in film, television, and literature. Visit the cultural front of the Cold War as the CIA becomes a secret patron of American musicians, artists, writers, and filmmakers. Also, take a closer look at how popular culture, in turn, shaped the CIA.Teste gratuito do canal The Great Courses Signature Collection ou comprar - T1 EP.14 — Nixon, Kissinger, and the Coup in Chile
28 de fevereiro de 201929minProfessor Wilford challenges the dominant narrative of the CIA’s involvement in the Chilean coup of 1973. Learn why the organization was less responsible than other U.S. players (such as Richard Nixon and Henry Kissinger), and why the coup illustrates the agency’s decline during the 1970s as a chief weapon of the Cold War.Teste gratuito do canal The Great Courses Signature Collection ou comprar - T1 EP.15 — Watergate, Nixon, and the Family Jewels
28 de fevereiro de 201927minUsing recently released government records, unpack the domestic CIA operations of the Nixon era and discover a systemic culture of secret government overreach with the CIA at the center. Topics include the program known as MH-CHAOS, the CIA’s contributions to Watergate, and journalist Seymour Hersh’s 1974 expose of CIA domestic intelligence operations.Teste gratuito do canal The Great Courses Signature Collection ou comprar - T1 EP.16 — James Angleton and the Great CIA Molehunt
28 de fevereiro de 201930minExplore intelligence officer James Angleton’s dramatic hunt for Soviet moles inside the CIA, a story of deception, betrayal, and tragedy. Angleton’s story (and his ultimate fate) hold powerful lessons for our own time, when secret state power is the source of renewed public debate and concern.Teste gratuito do canal The Great Courses Signature Collection ou comprar - T1 EP.17 — Colby, Church, and the CIA Crisis of 1975
28 de fevereiro de 201927minThe 1970s saw a growing movement against the CIA, from congressional joint-oversight committees to whistleblowers like Philip Agee. Was the CIA out of control? What forces drove the antagonism toward the agency, and why were they so powerful in the spring of 1975? Discover the answers here.Teste gratuito do canal The Great Courses Signature Collection ou comprar - T1 EP.18 — The CIA, Carter, and the Hostage Crisis in Iran
28 de fevereiro de 201929minGo inside the story of the 1979 Tehran hostage crisis that wracked Jimmy Carter’s presidency, with a particular focus on the CIA’s failure to anticipate Iran’s Islamic revolution. Despite the geopolitical gloom, spend some time examining the one bright spot for the CIA: the successful rescue of six diplomats who avoided capture.Teste gratuito do canal The Great Courses Signature Collection ou comprar - T1 EP.19 — Reagan, Casey, and the Iran-Contra Scandal
28 de fevereiro de 201929minThe start of the Reagan presidency saw a return to the unchecked freedom of the CIA’s golden age. Then came the Iran-Contra Scandal, which culminated in criminal charges, convictions, pardons, and dismissals. As you’ll learn, the potential for 1970s-style conflict between Congress and the CIA remained.Teste gratuito do canal The Great Courses Signature Collection ou comprar - T1 EP.20 — Afghanistan, the Soviets, and the CIA
28 de fevereiro de 201928minTurn now to the final years of the Cold War and the CIA’s adventures in Afghanistan during the 1980s. Also, investigate the agency’s intelligence about the collapse of the Eastern Bloc and the Soviet Union a decade later. Do covert operatives deserve credit for bringing these events about?Teste gratuito do canal The Great Courses Signature Collection ou comprar - T1 EP.21 — Intelligence Failure: The Road to 9/11
28 de fevereiro de 201928minFirst, follow the rise of Osama bin Laden and al-Qaeda during the final decades of the 20th century and the dawn of the terrorist organization’s war with the United States. Then, Professor Wilford addresses the provocative question of why the CIA failed to predict (or disrupt) the terrorist attacks of September 11.Teste gratuito do canal The Great Courses Signature Collection ou comprar - T1 EP.22 — CIA Advance in Afghanistan, Retreat in Iraq
28 de fevereiro de 201928minTrace the CIA’s role in the first years of the War on Terror: years that were among the darkest in the agency’s history. Focus on the agency’s major setbacks in the War on Terror, including the failure to capture Osama bin Laden and the faulty evidence that led to the Iraq War.Teste gratuito do canal The Great Courses Signature Collection ou comprar - T1 EP.23 — CIA Renditions, Interrogations, and Drones
28 de fevereiro de 201929minExamine the CIA’s role in two phases of the War on Terror: the capture and interrogation of suspected terrorists and, after those methods were discredited, the killing of terrorists using drone strikes. By the end of the Obama era, the agency had regained some of its stature, but also had become more vulnerable.Teste gratuito do canal The Great Courses Signature Collection ou comprar - T1 EP.24 — The CIA Balance Sheet: Wins and Losses
28 de fevereiro de 201932minWhat does a balance sheet of the CIA’s wins and losses since its creation look like? As Professor Wilford reveals, the CIA’s intelligence performance hasn’t been as poor as some have argued. But there still remains, in the world’s largest democracy, an abiding tension between secret government power and accountability.Teste gratuito do canal The Great Courses Signature Collection ou comprar
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CIA expert Hugh Wilford transforms decades of research into a 24-episode series that helps you better understand the roles the CIA has played in recent American history, from the eve of the Cold War to the 21st-century War on Terror. You’ll explore the CIA’s successful (and disastrous) operations, its technological innovations, and its complex relationship with presidents and pop culture.
CIA expert Hugh Wilford transforms decades of research into a 24-episode series that helps you better understand the roles the CIA has played in recent American history, from the eve of the Cold War to the 21st-century War on Terror. You’ll explore the CIA’s successful (and disastrous) operations, its technological innovations, and its complex relationship with presidents and pop culture.
CIA expert Hugh Wilford transforms decades of research into a 24-episode series that helps you better understand the roles the CIA has played in recent American history, from the eve of the Cold War to the 21st-century War on Terror. You’ll explore the CIA’s successful (and disastrous) operations, its technological innovations, and its complex relationship with presidents and pop culture.
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