The Way of the Knife: The CIA, a Secret Army, and a War at the Ends of the Earth Audiobook

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• “It’s hard to remember, but for the last quarter of the twentieth century, the CIA took no part in assassinating bad guys. How the agency transformed itself into ‘a killing machine, an organization consumed with manhunting,’ is the subject of Mark Mazzetti’s fascinating, trenchant, sometimes tragicomic account, The Way of the Knife.”

  — New York Times Book Review

• “A well-reported, smoothly written book for anyone who wants to understand contemporary American military might and the widespread hatred for the U.S. that has been the result.”

  — Kirkus Reviews

• “The story of how the CIA got back into the killing business is as chilling and dramatic as a spy novel—except it’s true. Mark Mazzetti has laid out an extraordinary tale, tracking the spies as they track the terrorists. The Way of the Knife is as close as you’ll ever get to the real thing.”

  — Dexter Filkins, New York Times bestselling author of The Forever War

• “The United States fought three wars after 9/11: Iraq, Afghanistan, and the one in the shadows. This is an authoritative account of that third war, conducted by the CIA and military Special Operators in Yemen, East Africa, and, most of all, Pakistan. If you want to understand the world we live in, you need to read it.”

  — Thomas E. Ricks, New York Times bestselling author of Fiasco and The Generals

• “The Way of the Knife provides a stunning, inside account of the CIA’s transformation after 9/11 from an intelligence agency into a global clandestine killing machine. Mazzetti, who is one of America’s best national security reporters, has written a frightening, must-read book.”

  — Jane Mayer, New York Times bestselling author of The Dark Side: The Inside Story of How the War on Terror Turned Into a War on American Ideals