The mission : the CIA in the 21st century / Tim Weiner.
"... 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]
- Copyright: ©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. |
Search for related items by subject
| 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.
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- 13 current holds with 30 total copies.
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| Mars Hill Library | 327.127 WEI (Text) | 30229101394863 | Adult New Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Bordeaux Library | CMB1893262 (Text) | CMB1893263 | Technical Services | On order | - |
| Braswell Memorial Main Library | VAN23753301397787 (Text) | BRAS23753301397787 | On Order | On order | - |
| Clemmons Branch | 327.127 W 2025 (Text) | 0112524680494 | Adult New Nonfiction | Checked out | 08/28/2025 |
| Cleveland County Main Library | 327.127 WEI (Text) | 22281500161825 | Adult Nonfiction | Checked out | 08/27/2025 |
| Cliffdale Library | CMB1893262 (Text) | CMB1893266 | Technical Services | On order | - |
| Cumberland Headquarters | CMB1893262 (Text) | CMB1893264 | Technical Services | On order | - |
| Forsyth Central | 327.127 W 2025 (Text) | 0112524680403 | Adult New Nonfiction | Checked out | 08/11/2025 |
| Forsyth Central | 327.127 W 2025 (Text) | 0112524680485 | Adult New Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Harnett County Main Library | 327.1273 Wei (Text) | 33630005469502 | Adult Nonfiction | Checked out | 09/02/2025 |
| Haywood County Main Library | 327.127 Weiner (Text) | 33115007715093 | Adult New Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Henderson Main Branch | 327.1273 W (Text) | 33258010473493 | Adult New Nonfiction | Checked out | 08/15/2025 |
| Hudson (Caldwell) | 327.1273 We (Text) | 50669013489209 | Adult New Nonfiction | Checked out | 08/21/2025 |
| Kinston-Lenoir County Public Library | 327.127 W (Text) | 39149008478075 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Leland Library | 327.127 WEI (Text) | 31423621395158 | Adult New Nonfiction | Checked out | 08/29/2025 |
| Lenoir Library | 327.1273 We (Text) | 50669013499893 | Adult New Nonfiction | On holds shelf | - |
| Margaret and James Harper, Jr. Library | 327.127 WEI (Text) | 31421621472712 | Adult New Nonfiction | Checked out | 08/16/2025 |
| Marion Library | 327.12 WEI (Text) | 37810435836266 | Adult New Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Middlesex Public Library | 327.1273 Wei (Text) | 37807000044491 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Newport | 327.127 WEINE (Text) | 34208900253047 | Adult New Nonfiction | Checked out | 08/14/2025 |
| North Regional Library | CMB1893262 (Text) | CMB1893262 | Technical Services | On order | - |
| Pack Memorial Library | 327.1273 WEI (Text) | 0020660494798 | Adult New Nonfiction | On holds shelf | - |
| Paddison Memorial Branch | 327.127 W 2025 (Text) | 0112524484973 | Adult New Nonfiction | Checked out | 09/02/2025 |
| Paddison Memorial Branch | 327.127 W 2025 (Text) | 0112524680476 | Adult New Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Public Library of Johnston County and Smithfield | 327.1273 Weiner (Text) | 38955500197927 | Adult New Nonfiction | Checked out | 08/16/2025 |
| Spring Lake Library | CMB1893262 (Text) | CMB1893265 | Technical Services | On order | - |
| Statesville Main Library | 327.1273 WEI (Text) | 33114018906354 | Adult New Nonfiction | Checked out | 09/09/2025 |
| Transylvania County Library | 327.1273 WEI (Text) | 38079300300381 | Adult New Nonfiction | Checked out | 08/27/2025 |
| Watauga County Public Library | RNF 327.1273 WEI (Text) | 50502011739152 | Adult New Nonfiction | Checked out | 09/03/2025 |
| Western Carteret | 327.127 WEINE (Text) | 34208900255117 | Adult New Nonfiction | In transit | - |
