What happens when the world of venture capital collides with the
world of espionage? To find the answer, Jonathan E. Lewis takes us
inside the executive suite at Itek Corporation during the Cold War
years from 1957 to 1965. Itek was manufacturing the world's most
sophisticated satellite reconnaissance cameras, and the information
these cameras provided about Soviet missiles and military activity
was critical to U.S. security. So was Itek. This intriguing book
examines in unprecedented detail the challenges Itek faced not only
as a contractor for the most important national security program of
the time-the CIA's Project CORONA spy satellite-but also as a
start-up company competing with established industrial giants. In
telling the story of Itek Corporation, Lewis fills important gaps
in the history of American intelligence, business history, and
management studies. In addition, he addresses a variety of
important themes such as the compatibility of secrecy and
capitalism, the struggle between profits and patriotism, and the
workings of power and connections in America. Lewis explores how
Itek executives contended with myriad business problems that were
compounded by the need to raise capital without revealing the
complete truth about the company's highly secret business. He also
presents for the first time information about Laurance
Rockefeller's venture capital operations and his role in financing
Itek, based on the financier's private Itek papers. The book is
both a remarkable case study of a company at the heart of the
American intelligence-industrial complex during the Cold War and a
thought-provoking examination of the impact of the CIA on the
capitalist system it was created to defend.
General
| Imprint: |
Yale University Press
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Release date: |
June 2014 |
| First published: |
May 2014 |
| Authors: |
Jonathan E. Lewis
|
| Dimensions: |
235 x 156 x 21mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback - Trade
|
| Pages: |
336 |
| Edition: |
Large Type / Large Print Ed |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-300-20975-4 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Humanities >
History >
General
Books >
History >
General
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| LSN: |
0-300-20975-4 |
| Barcode: |
9780300209754 |
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