CIA AND THE FALL OF THE SOVIET EMPIRE: THE POLITICS OF "GETTING IT RIGHT"

i - Approved for Release: 2014/09/10 C05302423 Kennedy School of Government C16-94-1251.0 | Case Program i i i i | CIA and the Fall of the Soviet Empire: i | i i The Politics of “Getting It Right” | In the wake of the 1991 collapse of the Soviet empire and the most dramatic realignment ot geopolitical forces since World War II, the Central Intelligence Agency found itself fighting for its i institutional life. At what should have been its moment of greatest glory—the demise of its prime | ideolo...