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Mentioned in 15 episodes

Legacy of Ashes

Book • 2007

Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA by Tim Weiner provides a detailed and critical examination of the Central Intelligence Agency's history, from its creation after World War II through the Cold War and the War on Terror.

The book is based on extensive research, including over 50,000 documents and interviews with CIA veterans.

It highlights the agency's repeated failures, questionable methods, and lack of accountability, arguing for fundamental reforms within the CIA.

Mentioned by

David McCloskey

Jihi Bustamante

Mentioned in 15 episodes

Mentioned as a book that potentially gave

John Lisle

the spark of interest in Sidney Gottlieb.

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Mentioned by

Ian Carroll

, citing it as a great source for understanding the history and primary sources of the CIA.

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Mentioned by

David McCloskey

, who references a story from it about Donovan sending guards to protect a German ammunition dump.

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Mentioned by

Jihi Bustamante

as a Pulitzer Prize winning book that is an anthology of all the CIA's ineptitude.

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Mentioned by

David McCloskey

when describing the limited foreign intelligence the US government had before the CIA's creation.

110. The Man Behind The CIA: Charming Mussolini and Stealing From MI6 (Ep 1)

Mentioned by

Ben Bolin

as books for those interested in deep dives on the subjects discussed in the podcast.

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Mentioned by

Carl Miller

as one of the books written by

Tim Weiner

, which won the National Book Award.

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Won the National Book Award and quickly established itself as the definitive history of the CIA during the 20th century.

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Mentioned by

Julian Dorey

as an all-time great book on the CIA.

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Mentioned by

Eric Lofgren

as a source that goes into detail on the sorted history of American covert action.

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