The subject of this book review is Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA, authored by New York Times writer Tim Weiner and published in 2007. The book is based on more than 50,000 documents, many from the CIA’s own archives, as well as interviews with former director of central intelligence and employees of the agency. It charts the course of the Central Intelligence Agency from its previous incarnation as the Office of Strategic Services in World War II through its inception in 1947 up until the present day.

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