With shocking revelations that made headlines in papers across the country, Pulitzer Prize-winner Tim Weiner gets at the truth behind the CIA and uncovers here why nearly every CIA director has left the agency in worse shape than when he found it; and how these profound failures jeopardize our national security. (Backcover text)

Author

Tim Weiner (born 1956) is an American reporter and author. He is the author of four books and co-author of a fifth, and winner of the Pulitzer Prize. His newest book is One Man Against The World: The Tragedy of Richard Nixon.

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Legacy of Ashes – The History of the CIA, in Wikipedia (en)