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Legacy Of Ashes (book)
''Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA'' is a 2007 book by Tim Weiner. ''Legacy of Ashes'' is a detailed history of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) from its creation after World War II, through the Cold War years and the War on Terror. The book is based on more than 50,000 documents, primarily from the archives of the CIA, and hundreds of interviews with CIA veterans, including ten Directors of Central Intelligence. ''Legacy of Ashes'' won the 2007 National Book Award for Nonfiction."National Book Awards – 2007" . Retrieved 2012-02-20. (With interview transcript and personal appearance video.) In a press release coinc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tim Weiner
Tim Weiner (born June 20, 1956) is an American reporter and author. He is the author of five books and co-author of a sixth, and winner of the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award. Biography Weiner graduated from Columbia University with a Bachelor of Arts in history and from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. He worked for ''The New York Times'' from 1993 to 2009 as a foreign correspondent in Mexico, Afghanistan, Pakistan and Sudan and as a national security correspondent in Washington, DC. Weiner won the 1988 Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting as an investigative reporter at ''The Philadelphia Inquirer'', for his articles on the black budget spending at the Pentagon and the CIA."Tim Weiner of ''The Philadelphia Inquirer''." ''The 1988 Pulitzer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |