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Tim Weiner - Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA

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A <IT>New York Times<RO> reporter offers a powerful indictment of the CIA and its intelligence-gathering capabilities as he traces the history of the organization from the end of World War II to Iraq, in a study that condemns the CIA for its record, its inability to understand world affairs, the violence it has unleashed, and its undermining of American politics. Simultaneous.

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Authors	Tim Weiner
Narrator	Stefan Rudnicki
Nonfiction Category	History • Political Science
Nonfiction Subcategory	• •
Awards	2007 National Book Award

Professional Reviews

Professional Reviews

<b><i>New York Times</i>:</b> "Anyone tempted to write this book off as an anti-C.I.A. screed had better look at Mr. Weiner?s sources. The author has impressively studied the archival record, teased out newly declassified primary documents and done numerous interviews to glean as much as can be publicly known about the agency?s history. Some of the most damning criticism of the C.I.A.?s past performance in this book comes not from gadflies or ideologues but from ex-officials and long-secret authorized accounts by C.I.A. historians....The most notorious muckraking C.I.A. books of the 1970s aspired to shatter the agency and make sure Americans never tried to create one again. Mr. Weiner?s goal is just the opposite. He hopes that his book will 'serve as a warning,' insisting that 'this nation may not long endure as a great power unless it finds the eyes to see things as they are in the world.'"

Book Editions

Book Editions

Audio - MP3 CD2August 01, 2007Blackstone Audio Inc7.25"(h) x 5.5"(w) x 0.5"(d), 0.25 lbs.9781433202001

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