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'No one has opened up the CIA to us like Weiner has, and The Mission deserves to win him a second Pulitzer' JOHN SIMPSON, GUARDIAN
The epic successor to Tim Weiner's National Book Award-winning classic, Legacy of Ashes: a gripping and revelatory history of the CIA in the 21st century,…
Why read it?
1 author picked The Mission as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
I read The Mission because it opened my eyes to the real story behind the headlines.
Weiner takes you inside CIA missions from the 21st century and shows what was happening behind the curtain while the public only saw the surface.
I was struck by how different the secret history looks compared to the official version. He makes you feel like you’re finally getting the account that no one saw at the time. For me, that transparency is incredibly powerful.
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