The CIA (TRIH ep 125)
1947 · Resource
Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook host a wide-ranging interview with Professor Hugh Wilford on the history, culture and controversies of the Central Intelligence Agency. Wilford traces the CIA’s lineage from the OSS in World War II through its official creation in 1947, explaining early Anglo‑American influences and the patrician, Ivy League character of many founding officers. He examines major covert operations — notably the 1953 Iran coup, Guatemala 1954, and repeated attempts against Fide...
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- Founding of the State of Israel (1948)
- Cold War (1947)
- Korean War (1950)
- D-Day (Operation Overlord) (1944)
- Pop music: the 1950s (1950)
- Pop music: the 1940s (1940)
- Attack on Pearl Harbor (1941)