TY  - BOOK
AU  - Graziano,Michael
TI  - Errand into the wilderness of mirrors: religion and the history of the CIA 
SN  - 9780226767406
AV  - JK468.I6 G737 2021
U1  - 327.1273 23
PY  - 2021///
CY  - Chicago; London
PB  - University of Chicago Press
KW  - United States
KW  - Central Intelligence Agency
KW  - History
KW  - Office of Strategic Services
KW  - Religion
KW  - National security
KW  - Religious aspects
KW  - Intelligence service
KW  - 20th century
KW  - Intelligence officers
KW  - Cold War
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; 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
N2  - "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"--
ER  -