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Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA

Contributor(s): Weiner, Tim (Author)

ISBN: 9780307389008

Publisher: Vintage

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Pub Date: May 20, 2008

Dewey: 327.1273009

LCCN: 2008273687

Lexile Code: 0000

Features: Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Price on Product - Canadian, Price on Product, Table of Contents

Target Age Group: NA to NA

Physical Info: 2.00" H x 7.95" L x 5.25" W ( 1.50 lbs) 848 pages

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Description: 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.

Review Quotes: "Must reading for anyone interested in the CIA or American intelligence since World War II."
--The Washington Post

"Legacy of Ashes is the best book I've yet read on the CIA's covert actions."
--Edward Jay Epstein, The Wall Street Journal

"Legacy of Ashes 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."
--The Boston Globe

"A timely and vital contribution . . . [that] glitters with relevance."
--Los Angeles Times

"This is by far the scariest book of the year."
--The Christian Science Monitor

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