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Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA
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Tim Weiner's Pulitzer Prize-winning history of the CIA, based on decades of declassified documents and interviews. The most comprehensive single-volume account of the agency from its founding in 1947 through coups in Iran and Guatemala, MKUltra, the Phoenix Program, and post-9/11 torture programs. Essential reading for anyone interested in the documented history of American intelligence operations.
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📄 702 pages⏱ ~6 hr read📅 2007
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Tim Weiner's Pulitzer Prize-winning history of the CIA, based on decades of declassified documents and interviews. The most comprehensive single-volume account of the agency from its founding in 1947 through coups in Iran and Guatemala, MKUltra, the Phoenix Program, and post-9/11 torture programs. Essential reading for anyone interested in the documented history of American intelligence operations.
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