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The Way of the Knife: The Cia, a Secret Army, and a War at the Ends of the Earth Paperback - 2014
by Mark Mazzetti
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A Pulitzer Prizewinning reporter’s riveting account of the CIA’s transformation after 9/11 and the new American way of war
The most momentous change in American warfare over the past decade has taken place in the corners of the world where large armies can’t go. The CIA, originally created as a Cold War espionage service, is now more than ever a paramilitary agency ordered by the White House to kill off America’s enemies. In The Way of the Knife, Pulitzer Prizewinning New York Times reporter Mark Mazzetti recounts the untold story of America’s shadow war, one that blurred the lines between soldiers and spies and lowered the bar for waging war across the globe. This new approachcarried out by CIA operatives and special operations troopshas been embraced by Washington as a lower-risk and cost effective alternative to the messy wars of occupation, but as Mazzetti demonstrates in this revealing book, the way of the knife has created enemies just as it has killed them.
The most momentous change in American warfare over the past decade has taken place in the corners of the world where large armies can’t go. The CIA, originally created as a Cold War espionage service, is now more than ever a paramilitary agency ordered by the White House to kill off America’s enemies. In The Way of the Knife, Pulitzer Prizewinning New York Times reporter Mark Mazzetti recounts the untold story of America’s shadow war, one that blurred the lines between soldiers and spies and lowered the bar for waging war across the globe. This new approachcarried out by CIA operatives and special operations troopshas been embraced by Washington as a lower-risk and cost effective alternative to the messy wars of occupation, but as Mazzetti demonstrates in this revealing book, the way of the knife has created enemies just as it has killed them.
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- Title The Way of the Knife: The Cia, a Secret Army, and a War at the Ends of the Earth
- Author Mark Mazzetti
- Binding Paperback
- Edition [ Edition: Repri
- Pages 416
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Penguin Books, Qf3
- Date 2014-03-25
- Illustrated Yes
- ISBN 9780143125013 / 014312501X
- Weight 0.73 lbs (0.33 kg)
- Dimensions 8.5 x 5.48 x 0.88 in (21.59 x 13.92 x 2.24 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
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- Cultural Region: Middle Eastern
- Library of Congress subjects United States, Interagency coordination - United States
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2013006820
- Dewey Decimal Code 356.160
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- New York Review of Books, 03/20/2014, Page 26
- New York Times Book Review, 04/13/2014, Page 28
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