![]() ![]() ![]() “For an important book like this one, it’s important for an audiobook narrator to have a certain gravitas, and Rudnicki has plenty…Rudnicki is one of the best narrators in the business and he’s in top form here-Legacy of Ashes is one of the best audiobooks of the year.” - Publishers Weekly (starred audio review) It's no surprise to me that we have the reputation that we do internationally a conclusion that I came to after reading this book. I really was naive on how much our foreign policy was dictated by covert actions. "I feel like a better citizen for having read this. With shocking revelations that will make headlines, Tim Weiner gets at the truth and tells how the CIA’s failures have profoundly jeopardized our national security. Legacy of Ashes is based on more than fifty thousand documents, primarily from the archives of the CIA. Everything is on the record. There are no anonymous sources, no blind quotations. ![]() Now, Pulitzer Prize–winning New York Times reporter Tim Weiner offers a stunning indictment of the CIA, a deeply flawed organization that has never deserved America’s confidence. For over sixty years, the CIA has maintained a formidable reputation in spite of its terrible record, never disclosing its blunders to the American public. It spun its own truth to the nation while reality lay buried in classified archives. This is the book the CIA does not want you to read. ![]()
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