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Legacy of Ashes - by Tim Weiner (Paperback)

Legacy of Ashes - by  Tim Weiner (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>For the last 60 years, the CIA has managed to maintain a formidable reputation in spite of its terrible record. Now Pulitzer Prize-winning author Weiner offers the first definitive history of the CIA--and everything is on the record.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>With shocking revelations that made headlines in papers across the country, Pulitzer-Prize-winner Tim Weiner gets at the truth behind the CIA and uncovers here why nearly every CIA Director has left the agency in worse shape than when he found it; and how these profound failures jeopardize our national security.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><i>"</i>Must reading for anyone interested in the CIA or American intelligence since World War II." --<i>The Washington Post</i>"<i>Legacy of Ashes</i> is the best book I've yet read on the CIA's covert actions." --Edward Jay Epstein, <i>The Wall Street Journal</i>"<i>Legacy of Ashes</i> should be must-reading for every presidential candidate--and every American who wants to understand why the nation repeatedly stumbles into one disaster abroad after another."--<i>The Boston Globe</i> "A timely and vital contribution . . . [that] glitters with relevance."--<i>Los Angeles Times</i>"This is by far the scariest book of the year."--<i>The Christian Science Monitor</i><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Tim Weiner</b>, a reporter for <i>The New York Times</i>, has filed stories from inside the CIA and around the world for twenty years. He is a past winner of the Pulitzer Prize for covering national security. This is his third book.

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