Title |
Legacy of ashes: The history of the CIA
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Names |
Weiner, Tim.
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Book Number |
DB071592
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Title Status |
Active
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Medium |
Digital Book
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Annotation |
Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter investigates sixty years of the Central Intelligence Agency. Uses archival documents and interviews to illustrate that the agency's mission of gathering intelligence has faltered due to blunders, structural flaws, and philosophical conflicts. Posits that national security is jeopardized by the CIA's disarray. Nat'l Book Award. Bestseller. 2007.
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Narrator |
Ashby, Mark.
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Local Subject |
Politics and Government - POL
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Current Events / Contemporary Issues - CON
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Adult Book - AD
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Adult Non-Fiction - AN
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History, United States - HUS
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History - HST
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General Non-Fiction - GNF
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Spy, espionage - SPY
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Short Book - SH
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Bestseller - Non-Fiction - BEN
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Award-Winning Adult Books - AWA
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Booklist - National Book Award - BNBA
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Audience Notes |
Award winner.
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Bestseller.
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Male narrator.
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LC Subject |
Intelligence service - United States - History
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United States - History - 1945
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Call Number |
327.1273009 ANF
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Language |
English
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Released |
2007
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Publication Info |
Washington, D.C. : National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, Library of Congress, 2007 (Potomac Talking Book Services, recording studio).
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Original Publication |
Recorded from: New York : Doubleday, c2007. 038551445X
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