Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIAModern · History, Nonfiction, Politics
Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA
2007 · 514 pages · Nonfiction
42
Modern
★ 3.96 on Goodreads · 16K ratings
≈ 13 hours to read · about 4 weeks at 30 minutes a day
Is it worth reading?
National Book Award (Nonfiction) winner (2007). 3.96★ from 16K Goodreads ratings.
By the numbers
42Must-Read Score
- Critics60 out of 100 · counts 35%+24
- Readers32 out of 100 · counts 50%+18
- Buzz0 out of 100 · counts 15%+0
Where it ranks
- #49 of the 55 politics books we rank
- #166 of the 220 history books we rank
- #233 of the 318 modern books we rank
- #822 of the 1,344 books we rank
Won
- National Book Award (Nonfiction) winner (2007)
Shortlisted
- NBCC Award (Nonfiction) finalist (2007)
Reads as
True story, Gripping
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