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Veil - by Bob Woodward (Paperback)

Veil - by  Bob Woodward (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Bob Woodward, the best investigative reporter in the country, spent six years examining the CIA using hundreds of inside sources and secret documents to paint a picture of the world's largest espionage apparatus.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><b>From Bob Woodward, legendary investigative reporter, <i>Veil</i> is the story of the covert wars that were waged by the CIA across Central America, Iran and Libya in a secretive atmosphere and became the centerpieces and eventual time bombs of American foreign policy in the 1980s.</b> <p/>With unprecedented access to the government's highest-level operators, Woodward recounts one of the most clandestine operations in our nation's history.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><i>Veil</i> lays bare, in a way that no reportage has done before, the power struggle between contending factions -- both inside and outside the CIA -- for control over the nation's foreign intelligence apparatus.... <br> -- <i>The Washington Times</i><br><br>Bob Woodward, the master chronicler of Washington's deepest secrets, has produced an investigative record of the CIA's turbulent years under the late William Casey....<i>Veil</i> plows more new ground than a dozen tractors in Iowa. <br> -- <i>U.S. News & World Report</i><br><br>Fifteen years after he unraveled Watergate as little more than a policebeat reporter, Woodward has lost none of his edge as one of the finest journalistic investigators of our time....Woodward has succeeded brilliantly in cracking state secrets.... <br> -- <i>Los Angeles Times Book Review</i><br><br>To read <i>Veil</i> is to be astonished at the access Woodward achieved....The reader is invited to understand Casey. The author dared open himself to Casey's charm, to Casey's rationale.... <br> -- <i>New York Daily News</i><br><br>Woodward has established himself as the best reporter of our time. He may be the best reporter of all time. <br> -- Bob Schieffer, CBS News <i>Face the Nation</i><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>Bob Woodward is an associate editor at <i>The Washington Post </i>where he has worked for 50 years. He has shared in two Pulitzer Prizes, one for his Watergate coverage and the other for coverage of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. He has authored 20 national bestselling books, 14 of which have been #1 <i>New York Times</i> bestsellers.

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