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    ISBN
    9780385514453

    About this product

    Product Identifiers

    Publisher
    Doubleday Religious Publishing Group, T.H.E.
    ISBN-10
    038551445X
    ISBN-13
    9780385514453
    eBay Product ID (ePID)
    20038298762

    Product Key Features

    Book Title
    Legacy of Ashes : the History of the Cia
    Number of Pages
    720 Pages
    Language
    English
    Topic
    United States / 20th Century, Intelligence & Espionage, General, Security (National & International)
    Publication Year
    2007
    Illustrator
    Yes
    Genre
    Political Science, History
    Author
    Tim Weiner
    Format
    Hardcover

    Dimensions

    Item Height
    1.8 in
    Item Weight
    36.1 Oz
    Item Length
    9.3 in
    Item Width
    6.2 in

    Additional Product Features

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    Trade
    LCCN
    2007-004077
    Reviews
    "Impressively reported . . . . Terrifically entertaining." -The New York Times "The best...ever written on a case of espionage."-The Wall Street Journal "The epigrammatic style, hard edge and caustic bite of a first-rate detective novel." -Chicago Tribune "Tough, fair-minded...exceptional in the annals of spy literature for not citing a single anonymous source." -Playboy, "Tim Weiner has read widely and dug deeply to produce this marvelous and convincing history of the CIA across six decades. That every quote is also on the record is a testament to his skill and also, thankfully, to the transparency that endures in the American political system." -Steve Coll, author ofGhost Wars "Legacy of Ashes, like all first-rate histories, is not only richly informative but provocative and insightful. It is a combustible mix of deeply-researched history, solid reporting and revealing anecdotes. Tim Weiner's history of the CIA explains not merely the past but the present, laying out in fine detail the structural and philosophical flaws that have dogged the Agency from day one and which continue to leave the country unduly vulnerable." -Ted Gup, author ofThe Book of HonorandNation of Secrets "This is a fascinating, deeply scary book. With prodigious reporting and on-the-record sources, Tim Weiner shows why the CIA has done so poorly in traditional intelligence. It's a riveting tale and also a warning. America must develop the ability-and the will-to know and face the facts about the world." -Walter Isaacson, author ofBenjamin Franklin: An American LifeandEinstein: His Life and Universe This is a timely, immensely readable, and highly critical history of the CIA, culminating with the most recent catastrophic failures in Iraq." -Mark Bowden, author of BLACKHAWK DOWN
    Dewey Edition
    22
    Dewey Decimal
    327.1273009
    Synopsis
    For the last sixty 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 handed us, in the words of President Eisenhower, "a legacy of ashes." Now Pulitzer Prizewinning author Tim Weiner offers the first definitive history of the CIA-and everything is on the record. LEGACY OF ASHES is based on more than 50,000 documents, primarily from the archives of the CIA itself, and hundreds of interviews with CIA veterans, including ten Directors of Central Intelligence. It takes the CIA from its creation after World War II, through its battles in the cold war and the war on terror, to its near-collapse after 9/ll. Tim Weiner's past work on the CIA and American intelligence was hailed as "impressively reported" and "immensely entertaining" in The New York Times . The Wall Street Journal called it "truly extraordinary . . . the best book ever written on a case of espionage." Here is the hidden history of the CIA: why eleven presidents and three generations of CIA officers have been unable to understand the world; why nearly every CIA director has left the agency in worse shape than he found it; and how these failures have profoundly jeopardized our national security.
    LC Classification Number
    JK468.I6W44 2007

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      • by jssgag3
        Jan 22, 2019

        A good history book.

        A very readable history of the CIA. I have found myself torn between reading another chapter and getting enough sleep. I would highly recomend this book.

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        May 14, 2025

        God Bless America 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

        Well informative book.

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        May 28, 2024

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        Nov 14, 2021

        good value

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