"Must reading for anyone interested in the CIA or American intelligence since World War II." The Washington Post Legacy of Ashes is the best book I've yet read on the CIA's covert actions." Edward Jay Epstein, The Wall Street Journal"Legacy of Ashes should be must-reading for every presidential candidate and every American who wants to understand why the nation repeatedly stumbles into one disaster abroad after another. The Boston Globe A timely and vital contribution . . . [that] glitters with relevance. Los Angeles Times This is by far the scariest book of the year. The Christian Science Monitor"

Tim Weiner, a reporter for "The New York Times," has filed stories from inside the CIA and around the world for twenty years. He is a past winner of the Pulitzer Prize for covering national security. This is his third book.