{"product_id":"way-of-the-knife-hb-z44","title":"Mark Mazzetti: The Way of the Knife: the CIA, a secret army, and a war at the ends of the Earth [2013] hardback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter's riveting account of the transformation of the CIA and America's special operations forces into man-hunting and killing machines.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe most momentous change in American warfare over the past decade has taken place away from the battlefields of Afghanistan and Iraq, in the corners of the world where large armies can't go. \u003ci\u003eThe Way of the Knife\u003c\/i\u003e tells the previously untold story of that shadow war: a campaign that has blurred the lines between soldiers and spies and lowered the bar for\u003cbr\u003e waging war across the globe.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmerica has pursued its enemies with killer drones and special operations troops; trained privateers for assassination missions and used them to set up clandestine spying networks; and relied on mercurial dictators, untrustworthy foreign intelligence services, and proxy armies.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMark Mazzetti tracks an astonishing cast of characters on the ground in the 'shadow' war, from the chain-smoking Pentagon official running an off-the-books spy operation to the CIA contractor imprisoned in Lahore after going off the leash.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt the heart of the book is the story of two proud rival entities, the CIA and the American military, elbowing each other for supremacy. Sometimes, as with the raid that killed Osama bin Laden, their efforts have been perfectly coordinated. Other times, including the failed operations disclosed here for the first time, they have not. For better or worse, their struggles will define American national security in the years to come.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mazzetti, Mark","offers":[{"title":"Very Good","offer_id":52703440044371,"sku":"XV81922247063","price":7.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false},{"title":"New","offer_id":42044204875961,"sku":"9781922247063","price":9.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/mazzetti-mark-mark-mazzetti-the-way-of-the-knife-the-cia-a-secret-army-and-a-war-at-the-ends-of-the-earth-2013-hardback-9781922247063-57667701277011.jpg?v=1767376198","url":"https:\/\/chaptersbookstore.pro\/products\/way-of-the-knife-hb-z44","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}