Instruct: Classify an Amazon review as either positive or negative.
Query: A great overview of American Secret Intelligence

I found this book extremely fascinating, mainly because I have an intrest in "secret" government information. This book details how American intelligence developed over our country's history. I was most amazed in learning about the lack of secret intelligence until Wilson's administration, and then not really developing until FDR's administration. Americans prior to Wilson felt espionage was only something the Europeans engaged in, and America was beyond that. America had not learned about the necessity of secret intelligence. The author also does a great job in showing how the intelligence, or lack there of, influenced presidential decision making. A great book for anyone interested in American forign policy history and or how our intelligence community developed!