- History, Nonfiction, Intelligence service, Politics and government
The bestselling author of Body of Secrets and The Puzzle Palace presents his most hard-hitting book to date--a sweeping, authoritative, and fearless account of the failures of America's intelligence agencies and the Bush administration's calculated efforts to sell a war to the American people.In The Puzzle Palace, James Bamford revealed the existence of the NSA, the largest, most secretive, and best-financed intelligence organization in the world.
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Earnest, grave, classical in form and plot-driven.
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- character-ledplot-driven
- contemporarynostalgic
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- Author
- James Bamford
- First published
- 2004
- Pages
- 432
- Publisher
- Random House Audio, Anchor, Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
- Editions
- 6
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780739312537
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“Tech. Sgt. Jeremy Powell's heart started pounding and he quickly raised his hand and started waving it vigorously to get attention.”
American author, journalist and documentary producer noted for his writing about U. S. intelligence agencies
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