Legacy of Ashes The History of the CIA
eBook - 2008
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER • With shocking revelations that made headlines in papers across the country, Pulitzer-Prize-winner Tim Weiner gets at the truth behind the CIA and uncovers here why nearly every CIA Director has left the agency in worse shape than when he found it; and how these profound failures jeopardize our national security."Must reading for anyone interested in the CIA or American intelligence since World War II." —The Washington PostFor years, the CIA has managed to maintain a formidable reputation in spite of its terrible record, burying its blunders in top-secret archives. Its mission was to know the world. When it did not succeed, it set out to change the world. Its failures have ha...nded us, in the words of President Eisenhower, “a legacy of ashes.”Now Pulitzer Prize–winning author Tim Weiner offers a definitive history of the CIA—and everything is on the record....
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Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
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- English
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- Online Access
- OverDrive Resource Page
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- Kindle Book, OverDrive Read eBook
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| ASIN | B0010SIPZ8 |
| Release Date | 5/20/2008 |
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| ISBN | 9780307455628 |
| Release Date | 5/20/2008 |
