Central intelligence
A Question of Standing: The History of the CIA
by Rhodri Jeffreys-Jones OUR 320 pages, £20
Rhodri Jeffreys-Jones, a leading authority on US intelligence, has crafted an excellent history of the CIA – erudite but fluent and accessible. It engages with important issues of interpretation while at the same time driving forward a compelling narrative of events. It is concise yet wide-ranging, tracing the history of
