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**The definitive, character-driven history of CIA covert operations and U.S. government-sponsored assassinations, from the author of the Pulitzer Prize finalist__The Pentagon's Brain__**Since 1947, domestic and foreign assassinations have been executed under the CIA-led covert action operations team. Before that time, responsibility for taking out America's enemies abroad was even more shrouded in mystery. Despite Hollywood notions of last-minute rogue-operations and external secret hires, covert action is actually a cog in a colossal foreign policy machine, moving through, among others, the Bureau of Intelligence and Research, the House and Senate Select Committees. At the end of the day, it is the President, not the CIA, who is singularly in charge.When diplomacy fails and overt military action is not feasible, the President often calls on the Special Activities Division, the most secretive and lowest-profile branch of the CIA. It is this paramilitary team that undertakes dramatic and little-known assignments: hostage rescues, sabotage, and, of course, assassinations.For the first time, Pulitzer Prize finalist and__New York Times__bestselling author Annie Jacobsen takes us deep i

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Author

Annie Jacobsen

Publisher

Little, Brown and Company/Hachette Book Group, Inc.

Published

2019

Language

EN

ISBN

9780316441421

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

History, Political Science, Military History

Rating

4.7 / 5 (2,700 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14