Secret History, Second Edition

Nick Cullather is Associate Professor of History at Indiana University. He is the author of Illusions of Influence: The Political Economy of United States-Philippines Relations, 1942-1960 (Stanford University Press, 1994).

• Contents Preface to the Second Editionvii Introduction: A Culture of Destructionix Foreword to the CIA Edition5 Chapter 1: America's Backyard7 Chapter 2: Reversing the Trend38 Chapter 3: Sufficient Means74 Chapter 4: The Sweet Smell of Success105 Appendix A: PBSUCCESS Timeline127 Appendix B: Bibliography133 Appendix C: A Study of Assassination137 Afterword: The Culture of Fear, by Piero Gleijesesxxiii Indexxxxix

"Nick Cullather sheds new light on an old regime change, assissted by documents initially made public during the tenure of former Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Director (and current Secretary of Defense) Robert Gates. Cullather's work is concise, detailed, and eminantly readable...In summary, Cullather provides a realistic and nuanced view of an otherwise well-covered operation, see through the eyes of the agency that led PBSUCCESS...For students of Latin America and U.S. national security policymaking in the region, Cullather has done a great service." - Mark Montesclaros, Department of Joint, Interagency and Multinational Operations (U.S. Army Command and General Staff College)