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Playing to the Edge: American Intelligence in the Age of Terror
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An unprecedented high-level master narrative of America's intelligence wars, demonstrating in a time of new threats that espionage and the search for facts are essential to our democracy
For General Michael Hayden, playing to the edge means playing so close to the line that you get chalk dust on your cleats. Otherwise, by playing back, you may protect yourself, but you will be less successful in protecting America. "Play to the edge" was Hayden's guiding principle when he ran the National ...
For General Michael Hayden, playing to the edge means playing so close to the line that you get chalk dust on your cleats. Otherwise, by playing back, you may protect yourself, but you will be less successful in protecting America. "Play to the edge" was Hayden's guiding principle when he ran the National ...
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February’s Top Picks in History
This month’s top history picks have a decidedly political tinge, just in time for primary season. There are books about war (Mark Bowden’s The Three Battles of Wanat), terrorism (Michael V. Hayden’s Playing to the Edge and Peter Bergen’s United States of Jihad), shady money practices (Jane Mayer’s Dark Money), and funny and not-at-all funny books on the American presidency (Brady […]
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