The Mission: The CIA in the 21st Century

Description

Title: The Mission: The CIA in the 21st Century
Author: Tim Weiner
Publisher: William Collins / HarperCollins Publishers, 2025
Format: Paperback
Language: English
ISBN-13: 9780008606602

The Mission by Tim Weiner is a major nonfiction history of the CIA in the twenty-first century. Written as a successor to his acclaimed Legacy of Ashes, it follows the agency from the crisis before 9/11 through the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, the rise of counterterrorism operations, and renewed confrontation with Russia and China.

Weiner examines how the CIA shifted after 11 September 2001, becoming deeply involved in paramilitary operations, secret prisons, interrogations, drone warfare, and the global war on terror. The book also explores the consequences of those choices for espionage, counterintelligence, national security, and America’s global role.

Based on extensive reporting and interviews with former CIA directors, station chiefs, and intelligence officers, this paperback is a strong choice for readers interested in intelligence history, US foreign policy, espionage, modern warfare, geopolitics, and current affairs.