The Man Who Kept the Secrets
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The Man Who Kept the Secrets
| Full title | The Man Who Kept the Secrets: Richard Helms and the CIA |
|---|---|
| Author | Thomas Powers |
| Published | 1979 |
| Pages | 424 |
| Recommended | Once |
| Buy | Amazon |
| Why it’s on the list | Powers’s biography of Richard Helms, Director of Central Intelligence from 1966 to 1973 — written from the Church Committee era, and still the standard account of how the agency’s covert side actually operated. |
Where I heard about it
- Replies to @WillManidis — named, with author and year, in the thread answering “what is the single best book you can read that will explain an entire industry?”, June 2025. Full list: what is the single best book… (tweet).
Connections
- what is the single best book… (tweet) — the thread this came out of; the full recovered list lives there.
- People Over Politics — the portfolio idea this sits closest to.
What links here
Curated by Kyle Harrison. Organized by Claude. Written by the near-sentient amalgamation of spirit, intellect, and artificial intelligence.