![]() Simultaneous release with the Doubleday hardcover (Reviews, June 4). ![]() ![]() Is one of the best audiobooks of the year. Rudnicki is one of the best narrators in the business, and he's in top form here- Legacy of Ashes ![]() Rudnicki occasionally uses accents to add flavor to the text when reading quotations, but for the most part wisely eschews this practice and simply brings Weiner's words to life. His deep, resonant voice keeps the listener riveted and is ideally suited to the serious, historical-and often grim-subject matter. For an important book like this one, it's important for an audiobook narrator to have a certain gravitas, and Rudnicki has plenty. Tim Weiner announces the thesis of Legacy of Ashes in its second sentence, asserting that the most powerful country in the history of Western civilization has failed to create a first-rate. Weiner documents everything from the agency's formation in the aftermath of WWII to its failure to prevent the events of September 11, 2001, and every misstep, blunder and international incident in between. Now Pulitzer Prizewinning author Tim Weiner offers the first definitive history of the CIAand everything is on the record. He spent ten years in Washington and part of his job was to cover the CIA. ![]() Tim Weiner, Pulitzer Prize winner, is a journalist with the New York Times and hes reported from around the world, including such hotspots as Afghanistan, Pakistan and Sudan. Its failures have handed us, in the words of President Eisenhower, a legacy of ashes. Legacy of Ashes is the history of the CIA, warts and all from 1947 to 2007. Pulitzer Prize–winner Weiner combed through the history books and recently declassified records to offer up this fascinating, comprehensive and sometimes appalling history of the Central Intelligence Agency. When it did not succeed, it set out to change the world. ![]()
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