The Resource The way of the knife : the CIA, a secret army, and a war at the ends of the Earth, Mark Mazzetti
The way of the knife : the CIA, a secret army, and a war at the ends of the Earth, Mark Mazzetti
- Summary
- An account of the transformation of the CIA and America's special operations forces into man-hunting and killing machines in the world's dark spaces: the new American way of war
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xii, 381 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Contents
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- The war beyond
- Permission to kill
- A marriage among spies
- Cloak-and-dagger men
- Rumsfeld's spies
- The angry bird
- A true Pashtun
- Convergence
- A war by proxy
- The base
- Games without frontiers
- The old man's return
- The scalpel's edge
- The scramble for Africa
- The unraveling
- The doctor and the sheikh
- Fire from the sky
- A spy in leisure world
- Isbn
- 9780143125013
- Label
- The way of the knife : the CIA, a secret army, and a war at the ends of the Earth
- Title
- The way of the knife
- Title remainder
- the CIA, a secret army, and a war at the ends of the Earth
- Statement of responsibility
- Mark Mazzetti
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- CIA, a secret army, and a war at the ends of the Earth
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- An account of the transformation of the CIA and America's special operations forces into man-hunting and killing machines in the world's dark spaces: the new American way of war
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- Title
- The way of the knife
- Summary
- Presents a revelatory account of the transformation of the CIA and America's special forces into competing covert paramilitary agencies responsible for the defeat of Osama bin Laden and other strategic war efforts, offering insight into the new ways thatthe nation is fighting wars
- Subject
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- Special operations (Military science) -- United States -- History -- 21st century
- Politics and global affairs -- National security
- Assassination -- United States -- History -- 21st century
- War on Terrorism, 2001-2009
- Espionage
- Terrorism -- Prevention | Government policy -- United States -- History -- 21st century
- United States -- History, Military -- 21st century
- United States -- Military policy
- Military policy -- Decision-making
- National security -- United States -- Decision-making
- Antiterrorists
- Spies
- History Writing -- Wars and conflicts
- War
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- DLC
- Dewey number
- 356/.160973
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- portraits
- plates
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- UA23
- LC item number
- .M19 2013
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
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- Mark Mazzetti
- Label
- The way of the knife : the CIA, a secret army, and a war at the ends of the Earth, Mark Mazzetti
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- History
- Wars and conflicts
- Espionage
- Military policy
- Assassination
- Special operations (Military science)
- Government policy
- National security
- Terrorism
- History Writing
- Spies
- War on Terrorism, 2001-2009
- Politics and global affairs
- 21st century
- Prevention
- Interagency coordination
- Decision-making
- United States, Department of Defense
- Decision making
- War
- United States, Central Intelligence Agency
- Antiterrorists
- United States
- Related Subjects
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- Special operations (Military science) -- United States -- History -- 21st century
- Politics and global affairs -- National security
- National security -- United States -- Decision making
- Assassination -- United States -- History -- 21st century
- United States
- United States
- War on Terrorism, 2001-2009
- Interagency coordination -- United States
- Espionage
- Terrorism -- Prevention | Government policy -- United States -- History -- 21st century
- United States -- History, Military -- 21st century
- United States -- Military policy
- Military policy -- Decision-making
- United States -- Military policy | Decision making
- National security -- United States -- Decision-making
- Antiterrorists
- Spies
- History Writing -- Wars and conflicts
- War
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 363-366) and index
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- volume
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- Content category
- text
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- Contents
- The war beyond -- Permission to kill -- A marriage among spies -- Cloak-and-dagger men -- Rumsfeld's spies -- The angry bird -- A true Pashtun -- Convergence -- A war by proxy -- The base -- Games without frontiers -- The old man's return -- The scalpel's edge -- The scramble for Africa -- The unraveling -- The doctor and the sheikh -- Fire from the sky -- A spy in leisure world
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- Dimensions
- 25 cm
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- Extent
- xii, 381 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780143125013
- Isbn Type
- (paper)
- Lccn
- 2013006820
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
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- cat13rev,cat13,cat50rev
- Other physical details
- illustrations, portraits
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- ocn829239596
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Subject
- CIA
- Interagency coordination -- United States
- National security -- United States -- Decision making
- United States
- United States
- United States -- Military policy | Decision making
- Antiterrorists
- Assassination -- United States -- History -- 21st century
- Espionage
- History Writing -- Wars and conflicts
- Military policy -- Decision-making
- National security -- United States -- Decision-making
- Politics and global affairs -- National security
- Special operations (Military science) -- United States -- History -- 21st century
- Spies
- Terrorism -- Prevention | Government policy -- United States -- History -- 21st century
- United States -- History, Military -- 21st century
- United States -- Military policy
- War
- War on Terrorism, 2001-2009
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