Includes bibliographical references (p. [327]-342) and index
The American spy considered as a confidence man -- The Washington style -- Allan Pinkerton's legacy -- Did Wilkie crush the Montreal spy ring? -- U-1 : the agency nobody knew -- Burns, Hoover, and the making of an FBI tradition -- H.O. Yardley : the traitor as hero -- Pearl Harbor in intelligence history -- Hyping the sideshow : Wild Bill Donovan and the OSS -- Allen Dulles and the CIA -- Cuba, Vietnam, and the rhetorical interlude -- Did Senator Church reform intelligence? -- The Casey-Reagan era : from history to victory -- The real American century?