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This book charts the disastrous course of never-revealed secret operations across Europe, the Middle East, Asia, and Africa. It shows that the CIA's vaunted victories in the cold war - coups that overthrew constitutional leaders in Iran and Guatemala - were chaotic fights that succeeded only by deadly force. It exposes the buying and selling of the political leaders of world powers. It details how Presidents from Harry Truman to George W. Bush have abused and misused the CIA. It shows how the CIA deteriorated over the decades into an incapable and incoherent service whose deepest secret was its own weakness and ineptitude.…mehr

Produktbeschreibung
This book charts the disastrous course of never-revealed secret operations across Europe, the Middle East, Asia, and Africa. It shows that the CIA's vaunted victories in the cold war - coups that overthrew constitutional leaders in Iran and Guatemala - were chaotic fights that succeeded only by deadly force. It exposes the buying and selling of the political leaders of world powers. It details how Presidents from Harry Truman to George W. Bush have abused and misused the CIA. It shows how the CIA deteriorated over the decades into an incapable and incoherent service whose deepest secret was its own weakness and ineptitude.
Autorenporträt
Tim Weiner ist Journalist bei der New York Times und gilt als einer der intimsten Kenner des amerikanischen Geheimdienstsystems. Für seine Reportagen und seine Berichterstattung über das geheime National Security Program , das die CIA gemeinsam mit dem Pentagon heimlich ins Leben gerufen hatte, erhielt er zwei Pulitzer-Preise. Er berichtete als Korrespondent u.a. aus Afghanistan, Pakistan, dem Sudan und weiteren fünfzehn Staaten, in denen er auch CIA-Operationen recherchierte.