{"product_id":"legacy-of-ashes-the-history-of-the-cia","title":"Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e BESTSELLER - NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER - With shocking revelations that made headlines all across the country, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Tim Weiner gets at the truth behind the CIA and uncovers why nearly every CIA director has left the agency in worse shape than he found it, and how these profound failures jeopardize our national security.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003c\/i\u003eFor anyone interested in the CIA or American intelligence since World War II.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA \u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews \u003c\/i\u003eBest Nonfiction Book of the Century - The precursor to the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestseller\u003ci\u003e The Mission\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor years, the CIA has managed to maintain a formidable reputation in spite of its terrible record, burying its blunders in top-secret archives. Its mission was to know the world. When it did not succeed, it set out to change the world. Its failures have handed us, in the words of President Eisenhower, \"a legacy of ashes.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNow Pulitzer Prize-winning author Tim Weiner offers a definitive history of the CIA--and everything is on the record. LEGACY OF ASHES is based on more than 50,000 documents, primarily from the archives of the CIA itself, and hundreds of interviews with CIA veterans, including ten Directors of Central Intelligence. It takes the CIA from its creation after World War II, through its battles in the cold war and the war on terror, to its near-collapse after 9\/ll. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHere is the hidden history of the CIA: why eleven presidents and three generations of CIA officers have been unable to understand the world; why nearly every CIA director has left the agency in worse shape than he found it; and how these failures have profoundly jeopardized our national security.\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"display:none\"\u003eISBN-10: 0307389006\u003cbr\u003eISBN-13: 9780307389008\u003cbr\u003eAuthor: Weiner, Tim\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Vintage\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Paperback (May 2008)","offer_id":46081246658757,"sku":"9780307389008","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0708\/6414\/2533\/files\/9780307389008.jpg?v=1776044293","url":"https:\/\/www.inveni.store\/products\/legacy-of-ashes-the-history-of-the-cia","provider":"Inveni","version":"1.0","type":"link"}