See No Evil
Format: paperback
ISBN:
0014000468
Publish date: 2006
Publisher: Three Rivers Press
Edition language: English
Category:
Non Fiction,
Autobiography,
Memoir,
Biography,
History,
War,
Military,
Politics,
American History,
Spy Thriller,
Espionage,
Terrorism
What a great look behind the curtain of what the CIA has become. For years, the CIA was respected as an intelligence organization, but the transformation that Robert Baer presents of how it was emasculated by politicos and career analysts gives me a deeper understanding on why the CIA has not been a...
former CIA Middle East operative (inspiration for the movie SYRIANA) Robert Baer's NYTimes bestseller SEE NO EVIL reads quickly and well, containing that oft-noticeable hallmark of a good non-fiction account--the writer notes that he was forced to train his writing or felt compelled to write from a ...
During the time I read this, my mental image of how many stars I'd give it began at four as our writer relates his unusual induction into the CIA, and his early exciting years in India, then impossibly bogged down somewhere after Beruit, a star sadly limped off, legs broken at the sheer weight it's ...
This was an eye-opening book. The main thing I got from it is that the CIA of today isn't the CIA of 25 years ago. Much more emphasis is placed on internal politics, satellite photos and CYA than on on-the-ground intelligence gathering and that it's going to keep costing us lives and liberties until...
The source book for George Clooney's Syriana. Baer's account is remarkable for revealing all that's wrong with the arrogant mind-set of a country that believes it has the right to interfere with the internal affairs of its neighbors.