CIA Resource List
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(Redirected from CIA Reading List)A list of worthy resources concerning the Company, the intelligence community, or intelligence and surveillance in general.
Books
Non-Fiction
Charlie Wilson's War. George Crile. Atlantic Monthly Press, 2003. Journalistic account of Operation Cyclone, CIA's mujahideen operation in 1980s Afghnistan.
The CIA's Greatest Covert Operation: Inside the Daring Mission to Recover a Nuclear-armed Soviet Sub. David H. Sharp. "Insider" account of Project Azorian, when the Company hired Howard Hughes for help.
Inside the CIA. Ronald Kessler. Pocket Books, 1992.
Inside the Company. Philip Agee. Farrar Straus & Giroux , 1975. One of the first "tell-alls" by a former CIA officer.
Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA. Tim Weiner. Doubleday, 2007. Detailed and comprehensive Company history spanning from WWII to post-9/11.
Master of Disguise: My Secret Life in the CIA. Antonio J Mendez. William Morrow, 1999.
A Spy’s Journey: A CIA Memoir. Floyd L. Paseman. Zenith Press, 2004.
Fiction
Harlot's Ghost. Norman Mailer. Random House, 1991.
The Quiet American. Graham Greene. William Heineman London, 1955.
Six Days of the Condor. James Grady. WW Norton, 1974.
Tradecraft
The Art of Intelligence: Lessons from a Life in the CIA's Clandestine Service. Henry A. Crumpton. Penguin Press, 2012.
The Official CIA Manual of Trickery and Deception. H. Keith Melton.
Film & Television
Argo (2012). Directed by Ben Affleck.
Charlie Wilson's War (2007). Directed by Mike Nichols. Fictionalized account of Operation Cyclone.
The Company (2007). TNT mini-series.
The Conversation (1974). Directed by Francis Ford Coppolla.
The Good Shepherd (2006). Directed by Robert DeNiro.
The Quiet American (1958). Directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz.
The Quiet American (2002). Directed by Phillip Noyce.
The Real CIA: Enemies, Secrets and Spies (2007). Directed by Edward Gray. Documentary about CIA in the 1980s and 1990s.
Spooks a.k.a. MI6 (2002-2011). BBC series.
Three Days of the Condor (1975). Directed by Sydney Pollack. Based on the novel by James Grady.