The mission : the CIA in the 21st century /
Weiner, Tim
The mission : the CIA in the 21st century / CIA in the 21st century Tim Weiner. - London : William Collins, 2025.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 399-440) and index.
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.
"... 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.
9780008606602
United States. Central Intelligence Agency --History
Intelligence service--United States
National security--United States
World politics--21st century
HISTORY / Military / Intelligence & Espionage
HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / Afghan War (2001-2021)
HISTORY / Modern / 21st Century
HISTORY / United States / 21st Century
POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / Executive Branch
POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / National
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Intelligence & Espionage
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Security (National & International)
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Political
TRUE CRIME / Espionage
327.1273 / WEI/M
The mission : the CIA in the 21st century / CIA in the 21st century Tim Weiner. - London : William Collins, 2025.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 399-440) and index.
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.
"... 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.
9780008606602
United States. Central Intelligence Agency --History
Intelligence service--United States
National security--United States
World politics--21st century
HISTORY / Military / Intelligence & Espionage
HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / Afghan War (2001-2021)
HISTORY / Modern / 21st Century
HISTORY / United States / 21st Century
POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / Executive Branch
POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / National
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Intelligence & Espionage
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Security (National & International)
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Political
TRUE CRIME / Espionage
327.1273 / WEI/M