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The way of the knife : the CIA, a secret army, and a war at the ends of the Earth  Cover Image Book Book

The way of the knife : the CIA, a secret army, and a war at the ends of the Earth / Mark Mazzetti.

Mazzetti, Mark, (author.).

Summary:

An account of the transformation of the CIA and America's special operations forces into man-hunting and killing machines in the world's dark spaces: the new American way of war.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781594204807 (hc.)
  • Physical Description: xii, 381 pages, 16 pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
  • Publisher: New York : Penguin Press, 2013, �2013.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages [363]-366) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
The war beyond -- Permission to kill -- A marriage among spies -- Cloak-and-dagger men -- Rumsfeld's spies -- The angry bird -- A true Pashtun -- Convergence -- A war by proxy -- The base -- Games without frontiers -- The old man's return -- The scalpel's edge -- The scramble for Africa -- The unraveling -- The doctor and the sheikh -- Fire from the sky -- A spy in leisure world.
Subject: United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
United States. Department of Defense.
National security > United States > Decision making.
Interagency coordination > United States.
United States > Military policy > Decision making.

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  • 2 of 2 copies available at Sitka.

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Hudson's Hope Public Library ANF 356 MAZ (Text) BHH041467 Adult Non-fiction Volume hold Available -
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