About the book: 2024 / American journalists David Wise and Thomas Ross, using extensive factual material, reveal details of the operations and activities of the invisible government — US Central Intelligence Agency during the Cold War. The authors note that the CIA also includes many other divisions and agencies and individuals who appear on the surface to be ordinary members of a conventional government. The book describes in detail the history of the creation of the US intelligence system, their structure, technical equipment and working methods. Subversive activities against the countries of Eastern Europe, the invasion of Cuba, predatory policies in Burma, Laos, Vietnam, Guatemala - this is an incomplete list of the “merits” of American intelligence activities. Blackmail and provocations, espionage and sabotage, conspiracies and military adventures aimed at overthrowing unwanted governments - these are the methods by which intelligence is trying to strengthen the position of the United States on the world stage..