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A thoughtful, provocative, and absorbing book, as scrupulously fair as it is responsible, bringing new details and shedding new light on forgotten events and personalities of years past. -- Chicago Tribune

A jewel of a book. -- The Washington Post

A brisk, readable, lively account of fifteen turbulent years of history ... Informed, anecdotal, full of colorful details. -- The New York Times A jewel of a book. -- The Washington Post A thoughtful, provocative, and absorbing book, as scrupulously fair as it is responsible, bringing new details and shedding new light on forgotten events and personalities of years past. -- Chicago Tribune An elegantly crafted group biography of four CIA officers during its glory days, from 1947 to its decline after the mid-1960s. -- The Christian Science Monitor

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Evan Thomas is the author of ten books, including the New York Times bestsellers JOHN PAUL JONES, SEA OF THUNDER, and FIRST: SANDRA DAY O’CONNOR. Thomas was a writer, correspondent, and editor for thirty-three years at Time and Newsweek, including ten years as Newsweek’s Washington bureau chief. He appears regularly on many TV and radio talk shows. Thomas has taught at Harvard and Princeton.

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