ISBN10: 1846140641, ISBN13: 9781846140648, [publisher: Allen Lane / Penguin] Softcover Allen Lane, Penguin, 2007. Softcover (15 x 23 cm), xvii, 702 pages (notes & index). ISBN: 9781846140648. Very Good condition. The wraps are bumped, scuffed. Some creasing, most notably along top edge & corners. Some soiling, predominately along bottom edge. Unknown clear substance (glue?, approx 2x2cm) on front cover, top corner near spine. Tight binding, clean textblock. "Since its creation in 1947, the CIA has been a byword for everything that is sinister and ruthless about America's power during the Cold War and the 'war on terror'. In countless movies and books, it has been shown as decisive, brilliant and in control of its own secret world: the image of omnipotence. But this is an illusion. In reality, the CIA has been incompetent, naive and a danger to American interests for sixty years. In 'Legacy of Ashes' Tim Weiner draws on years of research to reveal a startlingly consistent level of failure. Even the CIA's inability to foresee the fall of the Soviet Union, the end of the Cold War and the events of 9/11, its false assessment of Saddam's WMD and its role in the 'rendition' of innocent suspects are shown not as a fall from some bygone golden age, but as part of the history of ruinously incapable organization." Weight (before packaging): 940g.
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