Bibliograph

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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The way of the knife, the CIA, a secret army, and a war at the ends of the Earth, Mark Mazzetti

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages [363]-366) and index

Illustrations

platesillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The way of the knife

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

829239596

Responsibility statement

Mark Mazzetti

Sub title

the CIA, a secret army, and a war at the ends of the Earth

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

Table Of 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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