The Agency: A History of the CIA

Secrecy, Democracy, and the Birth of the CIA

Educational Mar 1, 2019 29 min The Great Courses Signature Collection

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S1 E1: Why 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.

Educational Mar 1, 2019 29 min The Great Courses Signature Collection

TV-PG

Information

Released: 2019
Run Time: 29 min
Rated: TV-PG

Languages

Original Audio: English
Audio: English (AAC), English (United States)
Subtitles: English (CC)

Accessibility

: Closed captions (CC) refer to subtitles in the available language with the addition of relevant non-dialogue information.