Veil: The Secret Wars of the CIA, 1981-1987

by Bob Woodward

Overview

From Bob Woodward, legendary investigative reporter, Veil is the story of the covert wars that were waged by the CIA across Central America, Iran and Libya in a secretive atmosphere and became the centerpieces and eventual time bombs of American foreign policy in the 1980s.

With unprecedented access to the government’s highest-level operators, Woodward recounts one of the most clandestine operations in our nation’s history.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781416552796
Publisher:	Simon & Schuster
Publication date:	04/15/2007
Sold by:	SIMON & SCHUSTER
Format:	eBook
Pages:	592
Sales rank:	345,278
File size:	17 MB
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About the Author

Bob Woodward is the author of three consecutive #1 New York Times bestsellers on President Trump—Fear (2018), Rage (2020), and Peril (2021) with Robert Costa—and an audiobook of 20 interviews with Trump. He has authored 22 bestselling books, 15 of which have been #1 New York Times bestsellers, covering every president from Nixon to Biden.

Hometown:

Washington, D.C.

Date of Birth:

March 26, 1943

Place of Birth:

Geneva, Illinois

Education:

B.A., Yale University, 1965

What People are Saying About This

"Fifteen years after he unraveled Watergate as little more than a policy-beat reporter, Woodward has lost none of his edge as one of the finest journalistic investigators of our time. . . . Woodward has succeeded brilliantly in cracking state secrets. . . ."
--Los Angeles Times Book Review

"Bob Woodward, the master chronicler of Washington's deepest secrets, has produced an investigative record of the CIA's turbulent years under the late William Casey. . . . Veil plows more new ground than a dozen tractors in Iowa."
--U.S. News & World Report

"Veil lays bare, in a way that no reportage has done before, the power struggle between contending factions-both inside and outside the CIA-for control over the nation's foreign intelligence apparatus. . . ."
--The Washington Times

Editorial Reviews

Woodward's books on Watergate, the Supreme Court, and John Belushi were not so controversial as Veil. His deathbed visit to William Casey, former CIA head, has been disputed by Casey's wife. What Woodward knew about Casey's Iran-contra role was apparently withheld from Congress. All this smoke has drawn attention from the fire. Woodward's tale of attempted murders, payoffs to foreign leaders, covert contra aid, covert aid to Britain in the Falklands War, and anti-terrorist squads is formidable. He presents Casey's CIA as a dangerously illegal loose cannon on the deck of U.S. foreign policy. Richard B. Finnegan, Stonehill Coll., North Easton, Mass.

Library Journal

"Woodward has established himself as the best reporter of our time. He may be the best reporter of all time."
— Bob Schieffer,CBS News Face the Nation

"Bob Woodward, the master chronicler of Washington's deepest secrets, has produced an investigative record of the CIA's turbulent years under the late William Casey....Veil plows more new ground than a dozen tractors in Iowa."
— U.S. News & World Report

"Veil lays bare, in a way that no reportage has done before, the power struggle between contending factions — both inside and outside the CIA — for control over the nation's foreign intelligence apparatus...."
— The Washington Times

"To read Veil is to be astonished at the access Woodward achieved....The reader is invited to understand Casey. The author dared open himself to Casey's charm, to Casey's rationale...."
— New York Daily News

"Fifteen years after he unraveled Watergate as little more than a policebeat reporter, Woodward has lost none of his edge as one of the finest journalistic investigators of our time....Woodward has succeeded brilliantly in cracking state secrets...."
— Los Angeles Times Book Review

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