Eclipse: The last days of the CIA, by Perry, Mark
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Eclipse: The last days of the CIA, by Perry, Mark. William Morrow: New York, 1992. Edition: First edition stated with full number line.. ISBN: 0688093868. Hardcover, 8vo, 528 pages. Quarter bound in red cloth over black paper-covered boards; Silver lettering on spine. Includes Notes, Bibliography, and Index.

Condition: Very Good in a Very Good jacket. Light bumping to spine ends; light rubbing to jacket, with a small dog-ear on back flap of jacket. Otherwise, a tight, clean copy.

Contents: Key incidents in ECLIPSE deal with: the bombing of Pan Am 103, the seizure of Manuel Noriega, the breakup of the Abu Nidal terrorist organization, the political fallout of the Iran-contra affair, the collapse of the Soviet union and its empire, the enormously controversial confirmation of Robert Gates to be Director of Central Intelligence and, most important, the "Politicization" of the CIA's intelligence findings. It also details considerable new information on:

• How the CIA provided defense information to Saddam Hussein that would later be used to confuse American bombers during the Iraqi War
• How George Bush undermined CIA independence
• The CIA's role in the student massacre at Tiananmen Square
• Why the White House did not respond to warnings that Iraq would invade Kuwait

From George Bush to William Casey to William Webster to Robert Gates, ECLIPSE exposes both the triumphs and the blunders made on behalf of the American public who believe in the CIA's power to protect them as well as provide accurate, objective intelligence analysis -- and have often been tragically let down.