02780cam a2200397 i 4500003000400000007000300004008004100007020003000048041000800078082002400086084000700110100001600117245006200133246002800195260003900223504006700262505079600329520046901125610005701594650004001651650003701691650003301728650005001761650005601811650003601867650004301903650006301946650005502009650004902064650006002113650004202173650002702215942001202242999001902254952010902273DLCt|241208s2025    nyu    e b    001 0 eng d  a9780008606602qpaperback   aeng04a327.1273223bWEI/M  2CC1 aWeiner, Tim14aThe mission :bthe CIA in the 21st century /cTim Weiner.30aCIA in the 21st century  aLondon :bWilliam Collins, c2025.  aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 399-440) and index.0 aThe 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.  a"... 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.20aUnited States.bCentral Intelligence AgencyxHistory 0aIntelligence servicezUnited States 0aNational securityzUnited States 0aWorld politicsy21st century 7aHISTORY / Military / Intelligence & Espionage 7aHISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / Afghan War (2001-2021) 7aHISTORY / Modern / 21st Century 7aHISTORY / United States / 21st Century 7aPOLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / Executive Branch 7aPOLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / National 7aPOLITICAL SCIENCE / Intelligence & Espionage 7aPOLITICAL SCIENCE / Security (National & International) 7aBIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Political 7aTRUE CRIME / Espionage  2ddccBK  c350630d350630  001040708ENGaLIBbLIBd2026-03-04l3o327.1273 WEI/Mp520432r2026-07-31s2026-07-04w2026-03-04yBK