Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA

732 Pages·2007·9.97 MB·english

by  Tim Weiner

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L E G A C Y
of A S H E S
ALSO BY TIM WEINER
Blank Check: The Pentagon’s Black Budget
Betrayal: The Story of Aldrich Ames, an American Spy
(with David Johnston and Neil A. Lewis)
L E G A C Y
o f A S H E S
The History of the
C I A
T I M W E I N E R
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FIRST ANCHOR BOOKS EDITION, APRIL 2008
Copyright © 2007 by Tim Weiner
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Limited, Toronto. Originally published in hardcover in the United States
by Doubleday, a division of Random House, Inc., New York, in 2006.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Weiner, Tim.
Legacy of ashes: the history of the Central Intelligence Agency /
by Tim Weiner. — 1st ed.
p. cm.
eISBN: 978-0-307-455562-8
1. United States. Central Intelligence Agency—History.
2. Intelligence service—United States—History. 3. United States—
History—1945– I. Title.
JK468.I6W44 2007
327.1273009—dc22
2007004077
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