Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Preface vii
4. 1. The American Spy Considered as a Confidence Man 1
5. 2. The Washington Style 11
6. 3. Allan Pinkerton’s Legacy 24
7. 4. Did Wilkie Crush the Montreal Spy Ring? 44
8. 5. U-1: The Agency Nobody Knew 60
9. 6. Burns, Hoover, and the Making of an FBI Tradition 81
10. 7. H. O. Yardley: The Traitor as Hero 99
11. 8. Pearl Harbor in Intelligence History 115
12. 9. Hyping the Sideshow: Wild Bill Donovan and the OSS 131
13. 10. Allen Dulles and the CIA 154
14. 11. Cuba, Vietnam, and the Rhetorical Interlude 179
15. 12. Did Senator Church Reform Intelligence? 205
16. 13. The Casey-Reagan Era: From History to Victory 232
17. 14. The Real American Century? 255
18. Abbreviations to Notes 289
19. Notes 291
20. Bibliography 327
21. Index 343