Books like The complete idiot's guide to the CIA by Allan A. Swenson

The gripping account of a Hollywood stunt agent who rescued six American hostages from Iran in a daring plot that defied logic.

“[The United States’ goal in Angola] was not to keep out the Cubans and Soviets but to make their imperial efforts as costly as possible and to prove that, after Vietnam. we were still capable of response, however insane. It is this story that has been told, and in impressive and convincing detail, by John Stockweli, the former chief of the CIA’s Angola task force.’ His hook should not he missed. Since strategic thought survives by ignoring experience, it has a highly professional interest in avoiding accounts such as this. By the same token, all who are alarmed about the tendency toward such strategic thinking should strongly welcome Mr. Stockwell’s book.” —John Kenneth Gaibraith. New York Review of Books In Search of Enemies is much more than the story of the only war to be found when the CIA sought to recoup its prestige after the Vietnam debacle. Though no American troops were committed to Angola, only “advisors,” many millions were spent, many thousands died, and many lies were told to the American people, in waging a war without purpose to American vital interests and without hope of victory. In Search of Enemies is unique in its wealth of detail about CIA operations and convincing in its argument that the clandestine services of the CIA should be abolished. John Stockwell, who lived in Africa for ten of his early years, is a graduate of the University of Texas and an alumnus of the U.S. Marine Corps. After twelve years as a CIA officer, he resigned from the agency on April I. 1977

An inside look at the President’s Daily Brief—how daily CIA reports shape presidential decisions on foreign relations, national security and intelligence.

John Foster Dulles and his brother Allen Dulles, key figures in U.S. foreign policy and CIA leadership during the early Cold War, are examined in a joint biography.

The CIA's hidden manual of magic and deception: How the agency taught its agents to use sleight of hand for espionage and covert operations during the Cold War.

Executive Secrets traces the history of CIA covert action and its relationship to U.S. presidential decision-making, drawing on declassified documents, congressional investigations, and the author's own experiences.

The CIA's Operation PBSUCCESS: A History of Guatemala's 1954 Coup and Its Aftermath

Admiral Stansfield Turner offers an insider look at the U.S. intelligence community, revealing how political dynamics and personal relationships shape the decisions of the President and CIA leadership.

A candid look at the CIA's founding purpose, early successes, and enduring challenges of rivalry, mismanagement, and Soviet infiltrations over five decades of U.S. intelligence.