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The mission : the CIA in the 21st century / Tim Weiner.

Weiner, Tim, (author.).

Summary:

"... Tells the gripping, high-stakes story of the CIA through the first quarter of the twenty-first century, revealing how the agency fought to rebuild the espionage powers it lost during the war on terror--and finally succeeded in penetrating the Kremlin. The struggle has life-and-death consequences for America and its allies. The CIA must reclaim its original mission: know thy enemies. The fate of the free world hangs in the balance"-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780063270183
  • ISBN: 0063270188
  • Physical Description: ix, 454 pages ; 24 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Mariner Books, [2025]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 399-440) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Prologue: the spy and the scribe -- The dark horizon -- Denial and deception -- "It was all sadly absurd" -- The bay of goats -- The new world -- "We were all making it up as we went along" -- Unprecedented trouble -- What you do when you do not know -- Sufi mystics and walking zombies -- A beautiful operation -- The butcher's bill -- Guerrilla warfare -- The black cloud -- "How far were we prepared to go" -- The God's=eye view -- No middle ground -- The keys to the castle -- The right side of history -- "Someone is always watching" -- Lethal and legal -- Face-eating baboons -- The useful idiot -- Ring-kissing and kneecapping -- The enemy of intelligence -- "We are on the way to a right-wing coup" -- The glory gate -- Human intelligence -- The morality of espionage -- Autocracy in America -- Acknowledgements -- Notes -- Index.
Subject: United States. Central Intelligence Agency > History.
Intelligence service > United States.
National security > United States.
World politics > 21st century.
Genre: Informational works.

Available copies

  • 7 of 30 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Madison County Public Library.

Holds

  • 13 current holds with 30 total copies.
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Mars Hill Library 327.127 WEI (Text) 30229101394863 Adult New Nonfiction Available -

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