The Way of the Knife
The CIA, a Secret Army, and a War at the Ends of the Earth

Read as research for WIP. I started this book trying to figure out where the operations and jurisdiction of the CIA ended and those of special forces commandos began. Short answer: The days of separate focuses of responsibility are history. Instead of being two complimentary services each with a disc......more

Accentul cade pe relatiile dintre CIA, Casa Alba si Pentagon. Operatiunile sunt prezentate sumar.......more

I won't belabor this review. The book is what I suppose I'd call "an honest attempt at a nonfiction account of the development and growth of a segment of the intelligence community in the United States". The book concentrates largely on attitudes and changes in the roles and attitudes at the CIA (mos......more

"The Unites States fought three wars after 9/11: Iraq, Afghanistan, and the one in the shadows." So reads the blurb on the back of this book, and it's true, to a degree. In the wake of 9/11, America proved totally unable to pursue Al Qaeda, with a CIA averse to covert operations, and a special forces......more

Excellently researched, excellently written, this book is a shining example of the in depth journalist genre - Bob Woodward style - that pieces together a story of a top secret world and makes you feel like you have a front row seat. What could be more important than keeping a tab on the working of......more