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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Predicate Object
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
surface form: Robert M. Gates held senior positions in the U.S. intelligence community

Robert M. Gates
surface form: Robert M. Gates served as Director of Central Intelligence

Robert M. Gates served in the National Security Council staff
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
depicts Central Intelligence Agency
National Security Council process
United States Intelligence Community
surface form: 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 self-link
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 self-link
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