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Legacy of ashes : the history of the CIA / Tim Weiner.
Traces the history of the CIA from the end of World War II to Iraq, in a study that condemns the organization for its record, its inability to understand world affairs, the violence it has unleashed, and its undermining of American politics.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780385514453
- ISBN: 038551445X
- Physical Description: xvii, 702 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Doubleday, [2007]
- Copyright: ©2007
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | PART ONE: "In the beginning, we knew nothing" : the CIA under Truman, 1945-1953 -- Intelligence must be global and totalitarian -- The logic of force -- Fight fire with fire -- The most secret thing -- A rich blind man -- They were suicide missions -- A vast field of illusion PART TWO: "A strange kind of genius" : the CIA under Eisenhower, 1953 to 1961 -- We have no plan -- CIA's greatest single triumph -- Bomb repeat bomb -- And then we'll have a storm -- We ran it in a different way -- Wishful blindness -- Ham-handed operations of all kinds -- A very strange war -- He was lying down and he was lying up PART THREE: Lost causes : the CIA under Kennedy and Johnson, 1961 to 1968 -- Nobody knew what to do -- We had also fooled ourselves -- We'd be delighted to trade those missiles -- Hey, boss, we did a good job, didn't we? -- I thought it was a conspiracy -- An ominous drift -- More courage than wisdom -- The beginning of a long slide downwards -- We knew then that we could not win the war -- A political H-bomb -- Track down the foreign communists PART FOUR:"Get rid of the clowns" : the CIA under Nixon and Ford, 1968 to 1977 -- What the hell do those clowns do out there in Langley? -- USG wants a military solution -- We are going to catch a lot of hell -- To change the concept of a secret service -- A classic fascist ideal -- The CIA would be destroyed -- Saigon signing off -- Ineffective and scared PART FIVE: Victory without joy : the CIA under Carter, Reagan, and George H.W. Bush, 1977 to 1993 -- He sought to overthrow their system -- We were just plain asleep -- A free-lance buccaneer -- In a dangerous way -- He was running a great risk -- A con man's con man -- To think the unthinkable -- What are we going to do when the wall comes down? PART SIX: The reckoning : the CIA under Clinton and George W. Bush, 1993 to 2007 -- We had no facts -- Why in the world didn't we know? -- We're in trouble -- The threat could not be more real -- The dark side -- A grave mistake -- The burial ceremony. |
| Awards Note: | National Book Awards winner (Nonfiction), 2007 |
Search for related items by subject
| Subject: | United States. Central Intelligence Agency > History. Intelligence service > United States > History. United States > History > 1945- |
| Topic Heading: | National Book Awards. Literary prizes. |
Available copies
- 3 of 3 copies available at Lehigh Valley Library System.
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- 0 current holds with 3 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Allentown Public Library | 327.1273 WEIN (Text) | 34455005054099 | Adult Nonfiction 2nd FL | Available | - |
| Bethlehem Main Library | 327.127 (Text) | 33062008728017 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Easton Main Library | 327.12 W423ℓ (Text) | 31901002833491 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
