Legacy of ashes

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Since its creation in 1947, the CIA has been a byword for everything that is sinister and ruthless about America's projection of power during the Cold War and with the 'war on terror'. There have been few major political events around the world in which the hidden hand of the Agency has not been seen. In countless movies and books, the CIA has been shown as decisive, brilliant and in control of its own secret world: the image of omnipotence. But this is an illusion. In reality, the CIA has been incompetent, naive, chaotic, and a danger to American interests for sixty years. Legacy of Ashes is both a horrifying and a richly enjoyable book. Tim Weiner's immense research reveals a startlingly consistent level of failure. The general dismay at the CIA's failure to see the fall of the Soviet Union, the end of the Cold War, the invasion of Kuwait, the events of 9/11, its wholly false assessment of Saddam's WMD and its role in the 'rendition' of innocent suspects implies that it has fallen from some bygone golden age. Legacy of Ashes makes clear that the CIA has always been a blundering, ruinously incapable organization, with each decade providing its own low points. Legacy of Ashes is as gripping and powerful a narrative as its fictional movie counterparts, but the story it has to tell is a lot less comforting.

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Legacy of Ashes

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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 natio Op voorraad. Voor 23:59 besteld, morgen in huis .. MEER INFO

Legacy of Ashes

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All powerful brilliant decisive ruthlessly effective this is the image of the cia as portrayed in countless films and novels it is wrong this book based on thousands of declassified documents and interviews with agents at all levels shows the reality behind the glamorous myth all powerful Op voorraad. Voor 23:59 uur besteld, maandag in huis .. MEER INFO

Legacy of Ashes

Rating: 5 / 5 | Prijs: € 11.99

All powerful brilliant decisive ruthlessly effective this is the image of the cia as portrayed in countless films and novels it is wrong this shocking book based on thousands of declassified documents and interviews with agents at all levels shows the reality behind the glamorous myth a Direct beschikbaar .. MEER INFO

Taal: en

Bindwijze: Hardcover

Oorspronkelijke releasedatum: 02 augustus 2007

Aantal pagina's: 720

Illustraties: Nee

Hoofdauteur: Tim Weiner

Hoofduitgeverij: Penguin Books Ltd

Product breedte: 140 mm

Product hoogte: 44 mm

Product lengte: 210 mm

Studieboek: Ja

Verpakking breedte: 161 mm

Verpakking hoogte: 46 mm

Verpakking lengte: 244 mm

Verpakkingsgewicht: 1194 g

EAN: 9781846140464

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