From the Shadows: The Ultimate Insider’s Story of Five Presidents and How They Won the Cold War

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From the Shadows: The Ultimate Insider’s Story of Five Presidents and How They Won the Cold War is a memoir and historical account by former U.S. intelligence and defense official Robert M. Gates, offering an inside look at American foreign policy and covert operations across multiple administrations during the Cold War.

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instanceOf book ⓘ
historical account ⓘ
memoir ⓘ
aimsTo explain how U.S. leaders managed the end of the Cold War ⓘ
provide an insider history of U.S. intelligence policy ⓘ
author Robert M. Gates ⓘ
authorBackground Robert M. Gates held senior positions in the U.S. intelligence community ⓘ
linked to: Robert M. Gates

Robert M. Gates served as Director of Central Intelligence ⓘ
linked to: Robert M. Gates

Robert M. Gates served in the National Security Council staff ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
depicts Central Intelligence Agency ⓘ
National Security Council process ⓘ
U.S. intelligence community ⓘ
describes covert support to foreign movements and governments ⓘ
evolution of U.S. strategy toward the Soviet Union ⓘ
interactions between intelligence officials and presidents ⓘ
features accounts of high-level meetings ⓘ
analysis of presidential decision-making ⓘ
descriptions of CIA activities ⓘ
first-person narrative ⓘ
genre Cold War history ⓘ
non-fiction ⓘ
political memoir ⓘ
historicalContext U.S.–Soviet rivalry ⓘ
collapse of the Soviet Union ⓘ
language English ⓘ
mainSubject Cold War ⓘ
United States foreign policy ⓘ
covert operations ⓘ
intelligence operations ⓘ
national security decision-making ⓘ
narrativeFocus policy-making inside the U.S. government ⓘ
role of intelligence in foreign policy ⓘ
perspective insider account ⓘ
setting Washington, D.C. policy environment ⓘ
timePeriodCovered 1970s ⓘ
1980s ⓘ
early 1990s ⓘ
late Cold War ⓘ
title From the Shadows: The Ultimate Insider’s Story of Five Presidents and How They Won the Cold War ⓘ
topic bureaucratic politics in national security ⓘ
covert action oversight ⓘ
intelligence analysis and policy ⓘ
presidential leadership in foreign policy ⓘ

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Robert M. Gates → notableWork → From the Shadows: The Ultimate Insider’s Story of Five Presidents and How They Won the Cold War ⓘ
From the Shadows: The Ultimate Insider’s Story of Five Presidents and How They Won the Cold War → title → From the Shadows: The Ultimate Insider’s Story of Five Presidents and How They Won the Cold War ⓘ
A Passion for Leadership: Lessons on Change and Reform from Fifty Years of Public Service → relatedWorkOfAuthor → From the Shadows: The Ultimate Insider’s Story of Five Presidents and How They Won the Cold War ⓘ