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. |
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| 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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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Mars Hill Library | 327.127 WEI (Text) | 30229101394863 | Adult New Nonfiction | Available | - |
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