Enemies: A History of the FBI

ISBN-13: 9780812979237 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 560 str.

Tim Weiner

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NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY
The Washington Post - New York Daily News - Slate

"Fast-paced, fair-minded, and fascinating, Tim Weiner's Enemies turns the long history of the FBI into a story that is as compelling, and important, as today's headlines."--Jeffrey Toobin, author of The Oath

NATIONAL BESTSELLER

Enemies is the first definitive history of the FBI's secret intelligence operations, from an author whose work on the Pentagon and the CIA won him the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award.

We think of the FBI as America's police force. But secret intelligence is the Bureau's first and foremost mission. Enemies is the story of how presidents have used the FBI to conduct political warfare, and how the Bureau became the most powerful intelligence service the United States possesses.

Here is the hidden history of America's hundred-year war on terror. The FBI has fought against terrorists, spies, anyone it deemed subversive--and sometimes American presidents. The FBI's secret intelligence and surveillance techniques have created a tug-of-war between national security and civil liberties. It is a tension that strains the very fabric of a free republic.

Praise for Enemies

"Outstanding."--The New York Times

"Absorbing . . . a sweeping narrative that is all the more entertaining because it is so redolent with screw-ups and scandals."--Los Angeles Times

Recenzje

Outstanding. The New York Times
 
Fast-paced, fair-minded, and fascinating, Tim Weiner s Enemies turns the long history of the FBI into a story that is as compelling, and important, as today s headlines. Jeffrey Toobin, author of The Oath
 
Absorbing . . . a sweeping narrative that is all the more entertaining because it is so redolent with screw-ups and scandals. Los Angeles Times
 
Fascinating. The Wall Street Journal
 
Pulitzer Prize winning author Tim Weiner has written a riveting inside account of the FBI s secret machinations that goes so deep into the Bureau s skulduggery, readers will feel they are tapping the phones along with J. Edgar Hoover. This is a book that every American who cares about civil liberties should read. Jane Mayer, author of The Dark Side
 
Important and disturbing . . . with all the verve and coherence of a good spy thriller. The New York Times Book Review
 
Exciting and fast-paced. The Daily Beast

O autorze

Tim Weiner has won the Pulitzer Prize for his reporting and writing on secret intelligence and national security. As a correspondent for The New York Times, he covered the Central Intelligence Agency in Washington and terrorism in Afghanistan, Pakistan, the Sudan, and other nations. Enemies is his fourth book. His Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA won the National Book Award and was acclaimed as one of the year s best books by The New York Times, The Economist, The Washington Post, Time, and many other publications. The Wall Street Journal called Betrayal the best book ever written on a case of espionage. He is now working on a history of the American military.