{"product_id":"the-mission-tim-weiner-9780008606602","title":"The Mission (Tim Weiner)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'No one has opened up the CIA to us like Weiner has, and The Mission deserves to win him a second Pulitzer' \u003c\/strong\u003eJOHN SIMPSON, GUARDIAN\u003c\/p\u003e          \u003cp\u003e            \u003cstrong\u003eThe epic successor to Tim Weiner's National Book Award-winning classic,_\u003cem\u003eLegacy of Ashes\u003c\/em\u003e: a gripping and revelatory history of the CIA in the 21st_century, reaching from 9\/11 through the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq to today's battles with Russia and China - and with the President of the United States.\u003c\/strong\u003e          \u003c\/p\u003e          \u003cp\u003eAt the turn of the century, the Central Intelligence Agency was in crisis. The end of the Cold War had robbed the agency of its mission. More than thirty overseas stations and bases had been shuttered, and scores that remained had been severely cut back. Many countries where surveillance was once deemed crucial went uncovered. Essential intelligence wasn't being collected. At the dawn of the information age, the CIA's officers and analysts worked with outmoded technology, struggling to distinguish the clear signals of significant facts from the cacophony of background noise.\u003c\/p\u003e          \u003cp\u003eThen came September 11th, 2001. After the attacks, the CIA transformed itself into a lethal paramilitary force, running secret prisons and brutal interrogations, mounting deadly drone attacks, and all but abandoning its core missions of espionage and counterespionage. The consequences were grave: the deaths of scores of its recruited foreign agents, the theft of its personnel files by Chinese spies, the penetration of its computer networks by Russian intelligence and American hackers, and the tragedies of Afghanistan and Iraq. A new generation of spies now must fight the hardest targets - Moscow, Beijing, Tehran - while confronting a president who has attacked the CIA as a subversive force.\u003c\/p\u003e          \u003cp\u003eFrom Pulitzer Prize winner Tim Weiner,\u003cem\u003e_The Mission\u003c\/em\u003e_tells the gripping, high-stakes story of the CIA through the first quarter of the twenty-first century, revealing how the agency fought to rebuild the espionage powers it lost during the war on terror - and finally succeeded in penetrating the Kremlin. The struggle has life-and-death consequences for America and its allies. The CIA must reclaim its original mission: know thy enemies. The fate of the free world hangs in the balance.\u003c\/p\u003e          \u003cp\u003eA masterpiece of reporting, \u003cem\u003eThe Mission\u003c\/em\u003e includes exclusive on-the-record interviews with six former CIA directors, thirteen station chiefs, and scores of top spies who served undercover for decades and have never spoken to a journalist before.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAutorenportrait\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTim Weiner_\u003c\/strong\u003ehas won the Pulitzer Prize for his reporting on American national security and the National Book Award for_\u003cem\u003eLegacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA.\u003c\/em\u003e At the_\u003cem\u003eNew York Times,\u003c\/em\u003e_he covered the CIA in Washington and conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and many other nations._\u003cem\u003eLegacy of Ashes\u003c\/em\u003e_was acclaimed as one of the year's best books by_\u003cem\u003eThe New York Times, The Economist, The Washington Post, Time,_\u003c\/em\u003eand many other publications._His five other books include the national bestseller_\u003cem\u003eEnemies: A History of the FBI.\u003c\/em\u003e He lives in Brooklyn with his wife, Kate Doyle, an expert in human rights and freedom of information.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eWeitere Angaben\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eBuch (Paperback), Englisch\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Weltbild.ch: Bücher \u0026 Outlet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":65825692090717,"sku":"K097993411","price":19.8,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0911\/8915\/0045\/files\/9799341100001A.jpg?v=1788676765","url":"https:\/\/weltbild.ch\/products\/the-mission-tim-weiner-9780008606602","provider":"Weltbild.ch Bücher \u0026 Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}