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The Way of the Knife: The CIA, a Secret Army, and a War at the Ends of the Earth

Mark Mazzetti

How did the CIA and the military turn secret killing and drone strikes into a permanent way of fighting far from any declared war?

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Author
Mark Mazzetti

Why read it

  • You will see how decisions to kill in secret get made, and who makes them
  • You will learn how spy agencies and the military now overlap in secret operations
  • You will understand how drone strikes and proxy forces let a country fight where it never declared war

Who it is for

  • A citizen uneasy about secret wars fought in their name
  • A reader of national security reporting
  • A soldier or analyst who has served in Pakistan, Yemen or Somalia

Contents

  1. PRINCIPAL CHARACTERS
  2. THE CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY (CIA)
  3. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
  4. THE WHITE HOUSE
  5. PAKISTAN
  6. YEMEN
  7. SOMALIA
  8. PROLOGUE: THE WAR BEYOND
  9. 1: PERMISSION TO KILL
  10. 2: A MARRIAGE AMONG SPIES
  11. 3: CLOAK-AND-DAGGER MEN
  12. 4: RUMSFELD’S SPIES
  13. 5: THE ANGRY BIRD
  14. 6: A TRUE PASHTUN
  15. 7: CONVERGENCE
  16. 8: A WAR BY PROXY
  17. 9: THE BASE
  18. 10: GAMES WITHOUT FRONTIERS
  19. 11: THE OLD MAN’S RETURN
  20. 12: THE SCALPEL’S EDGE
  21. 13: THE SCRAMBLE FOR AFRICA
  22. 14: THE UNRAVELING
  23. 15: THE DOCTOR AND THE SHEIKH
  24. 16: FIRE FROM THE SKY
  25. EPILOGUE: A SPY IN LEISURE WORLD
  26. PHOTOGRAPHS
  27. A NOTE ON SOURCES

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