Secret Project. A Comprehensive Insider Story of Five Presidents and How They Conducted the Cold War

Robert Gates, an American statesman, former CIA director, who also worked in the National Security Council and in the administrations of several presidents, recounts an unprecedented story of the Cold War in his memoirs. Since the author had access to secret information and participated in high-level political decision-making, he describes the preparation of coups and operations that the United States carried out against communism worldwide. His narrative of the behind-the-scenes intrigues of the White House and the CIA during the administrations of Nixon, Ford, Carter, Reagan, and Bush conveys the true story of American policy towards the Soviet Union and other countries. This book is an unbiased look at the history of 1969–1991 from the perspective of someone who was directly involved in the political events of that time.