Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA
All-powerful, brilliant, decisive, ruthlessly effective ...this is the image of the CIA as portrayed in countless films and novels. It is wrong. This shocking book, based on thousands of declassified documents and interviews with agents at all levels, shows the reality behind the glamorous myth:...
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All-powerful, brilliant, decisive, ruthlessly effective ...this is the image of the CIA as portrayed in countless films and novels. It is wrong. This shocking book, based on thousands of declassified documents and interviews with agents at all levels, shows the reality behind the glamorous myth: a blundering, chaotic and dangerously incompetent organization, so ineffective it was nicknamed 'Can't Identify Anything' by Nato forces. In a story of botched coups, missed targets, lost operatives and fatal errors, Tim Weiner shows how the CIA now poses a threat not only to the security of the US, but the world.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780141033167 (0141033169)
Publish date: August 1st 2010
Publisher: Penguin
Pages no: 832
Edition language: English
Category:
Non Fiction,
History,
Reference,
Literature,
American,
War,
Military,
Politics,
American History,
Spy Thriller,
Espionage,
United States
I don't really know how to evaluate the veracity of this history. On the one hand, it appears to be very well researched and referenced; on the other, the CIA has made arguments to refute it in its book review. To the extent that I've read about the CIA, this appears to coordinate generally with oth...
Interesting book, but other things beckon. I've got the gist of it.
I read about 1/3rd of this book. Basically it portrays the CIA is the most broken organization in the US government. Maybe it's true, but it's almost hard to believe that so much could be wrong with the organization.I found the book interesting, but sometimes mind numbing with all the names and deta...
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