November 2000 Issue [Reviews] The politics of getting it wrong Download PDF Adjust Share A new book doesn't prove what the CIA thinks it proves about the agency's performance at the end of the Cold War by Melvin A. (Melvin Allan) Goodman, Subscribe or log in to continue reading. Tags 1985-1991 20th century Ben B. Fischer Cold War Espionage, American Politics and government Soviet Union United StatesCentral Intelligence Agency Adjust Share