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Errand Into the Wilderness of Mirrors: Religion and the History of the CIA

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Errand Into the Wilderness of Mirrors: Religion and the History of the CIA - Graziano, Michael
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"Michael Graziano investigates the religious conceptions of those who shaped and worked for the CIA, arguing that the Catholicism of key CIA figures--such as "Wild" Bill Donovan and Edward Lansdale--was decisive in establishing the agency's concerns, methods, and understandings of the world. In part this was because the Roman Catholic Church already had global networks of people and safe places that American agents could use to their advantage. But conversely, American agents were overly inclined to view other powerful ...

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Errand Into the Wilderness of Mirrors: Religion and the History of the CIA 2023, University of Chicago Press

ISBN-13: 9780226829432

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Errand Into the Wilderness of Mirrors: Religion and the History of the CIA 2021, University of Chicago Press

ISBN-13: 9780226767406

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