
Legacy of Ashes
The History of the CIA
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Narrated by:
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Stefan Rudnicki
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By:
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Tim Weiner
National Book Award Winner, Nonfiction, 2007
This is the book the CIA does not want you to read. For the last 60 years, the CIA has maintained a formidable reputation in spite of its terrible record, never disclosing its blunders to the American public. It spun its own truth to the nation while reality lay buried in classified archives. Now, Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times reporter Tim Weiner offers a stunning indictment of the CIA, a deeply flawed organization that has never deserved America's confidence.
Legacy of Ashes is based on more than 50,000 documents, primarily from the archives of the CIA. Everything is on the record. There are no anonymous sources, no blind quotations. With shocking revelations that will make headlines, Tim Weiner gets at the truth and tells us how the CIA's failures have profoundly jeopardized our national security.
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Critic reviews
"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)
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I will say that the author seems to be slanted in his views. He seems to pull out and explain many many failed missions he doesn't go into as much detail in the missions that were a success. Successful missions he lists and explains seem less than what you can count on two hands. I find it hard to believe the CIA has been that ineffective. CIA is no James Bond but if they were truly that unsuccessful then they would have been abolished long ago.
Very intresting however a little slanted
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Wendy
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Out of the ashes
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History book
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first, it contains a lot of new information from recently declassified documents.
second, along with Bamford's The Puzzle Palace, it tells you where your taxes are going. and it often isn't pretty.
history you should know
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It's Hard to Focus on This Book
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I read this book prior to the US 2016 election. I'm frightened to listen again, but the book is more relevant than ever.
a thank you to the author for compiling such a great read.
a thorough and honest exploration of the CIA
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Outstanding
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Not the CIA you see in movies
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