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Author Graziano, Michael (Religion scholar), author.

Title Errand into the wilderness of mirrors : religion and the history of the CIA / Michael Graziano
Published Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2021

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Description 1 online resource (251 pages) : illustrations
Contents Introduction : charting the wilderness -- American spies and American Catholics -- Refining the religious approach -- The great jihad of freedom -- On caring what it is -- Baptizing Vietnam -- Counterinsurgency and the study of world religions -- Iran and revolutionary thinking -- Conclusion : a new wilderness
Summary "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 religions and religious figures in the same framework as Catholicism--misconceptions that led, too often, to tragedy and disaster"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on June 23, 2021)
Subject United States. Central Intelligence Agency -- History
United States. Office of Strategic Services -- History
United States. Central Intelligence Agency -- Religion
United States. Office of Strategic Services -- Religion
SUBJECT United States. Central Intelligence Agency fast
United States. Office of Strategic Services fast
Subject National security -- United States -- Religious aspects
Intelligence service -- United States -- History -- 20th century
Intelligence officers -- United States
Cold War -- Religious aspects.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Government / General.
Intelligence officers
Intelligence service
National security -- Religious aspects
Religion
War -- Religious aspects
United States
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 022676754X
9780226767543
Other Titles Religion and the history of the CIA