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      Burn Before Reading

      by Turner Stansfield
      Published
      Oct 2005
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      320
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      In this "thoughtful, entertaining, and often insightful" book, a former CIA director explores the delicate give-and-take between the Oval Office and Langley.

      With the disastrous intelligence failures of the last few years still fresh in Americans minds--and to all appearances still continuing--there has never been a more urgent need for a book like this.


      In Burn Before Reading, Admiral Stansfield Turner, the CIA director under President Jimmy Carter, takes the reader inside the Beltway to examine the complicated, often strained relationships between presidents and their CIA chiefs. From FDR and "Wild Bill" Donovan to George W. Bush and George Tenet, twelve pairings are studied in these pages, and the results are eye-opening and provocative. Throughout, Turner offers a fascinating look into the machinery of intelligence gathering, revealing how personal and political issues often interfere with government business--and the nation's safety.

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      Oct 2006 Hyperion ISBN13 9780786886661 ISBN10 0786886668
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      First Edition Oct 2005 Hyperion ISBN13 9780786867820 ISBN10 0786867825
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      Oct 2005 Little, Brown ISBN13 9781401383466 ISBN10 1401383467
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      Oct 2005 Hyperion ISBN10 B000FCKIFK
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      Dec 2005 Tantor Audio ISBN10 B000CRSF5S
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