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Line 63: − * Central Intelligence Agency. ''A Compendium of Analytic Tradecraft Notes'' (1997) http://www.au.af.mil/au/awc/awcgate/cia/tradecraft_notes/contents.htm. The basic training guide for CIA analysts. − * Cullather, Nick. ''Secret History: The CIA's Classified Account of Its Operations in Guatemala, 1952-1954.'' (1999). 142 pp. [http://www.questia.com/read/79224452?title=Secret%20History%3a%20The%20CIA's%20Classified%20Account%20of%20Its%20Operations%20in%20Guatemala%2c%201952-1954 online edition] − + − * Hall, Roger. ''You're Stepping on my Cloak and Dagger.'' W. W. Norton & Co.(1957). A humorous but informative narrative of the training and operations of an OSS officer. Hall was under William Colby's command in Norwegian field operations. − * Heuer, Richards J. Jr. ''Psychology of Intelligence Analysis''. (1999) http://www.au.af.mil/au/awc/awcgate/psych%2Dintel/. Updated version of the work of the CIA's original thinker about the process and pitfalls of intelligence analysis. Line 81:
Line 77: − * Pisani, Sallie. ''The CIA and the Marshall Plan.'' (1991). 188 pp. − * Prouty, L. Fletcher. ''The Secret Team: The CIA and Its Allies in Control of the United States and the World.'' (1973). Prouty was a Defense Department support officer for CIA activities. While he goes into questionable conspiracy theories about the CIA-centric "Secret Team" running the world, he is an excellent reference on covert logistics and the CIA proprietary airlines. Line 103:
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===Primary sources and memoirs===
===Primary sources and memoirs===
* Central Intelligence Agency. ''A Compendium of Analytic Tradecraft Notes'' (1997) http://www.au.af.mil/au/awc/awcgate/cia/tradecraft_notes/contents.htm. The basic training guide for CIA analysts.
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* Gates, Robert. ''From the Shadows: The Ultimate Insider's Story of Five Presidents and How They Won the Cold War,'' (1997).
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* McAuliffe, Mary S., ed. ''CIA Documents on the Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962.'' (1992). 376 pp.