At the Center of the Storm The CIA During America's Time of Crisis

Name: At the Center of the Storm The CIA During America's Time of Crisis
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ISBN: 9780061147791

ISBN-10: 0061147796

ISBN-13: 9780061147791

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Authors: George Tenet, Bill Harlow

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"At the Center of the Storm" is a revealing look at the inner workings of the most important intelligence organization in the world during the most challenging times in recent history. Based on his unparalleled access to both the highest echelons of government and raw intelligence from the field, former CIA Director George Tenet's candid and gripping memoir disentangles the interlocking events that led to 9/11 and offers eye-opening new information on the deliberations and strategies that culminated in the U.S. invasion of Iraq. Through it all, Tenet paints an unflinching self-portrait of a man caught between the warring forces of the administration's decision-making process and his own…

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List price: $16.95
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date: 4/22/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 608
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.13" tall
Weight: 1.496
Language: English

George Tenet was the Director of Central Intelligence from 1997 to 2004. He holds a BSFS from the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service and an MIA from the School of International Affairs at Columbia University. He was appointed to the faculty of Georgetown University in 2004 and lives outside Washington, D.C., with his wife, author Stephanie Glakas-Tenet, and their son.



Principal Characters


Preface






The Towpath



The Burning Platform



Shot Out of a Cannon



Waging Peace



Beyond Wye



Arafat






Gathering Storm



"They're Coming Here"



9/11



"We're at War"



Missed Opportunities



Into the Sanctuary



Threat Matrix



They Want to Change History



The Merchant of Death and the Colonel






Casus Belli



"The One Issue That Everyone Could Agree On"



No Authority, Direction, or Control



Slam Dunk



Taking "the Case" Public



Diplomacy by Other Means



The Hunt for WMD



Mission Not Accomplished



Sixteen Words



Going


Afterword


Postscript


Glossary


Acknowledgments


Index