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The Spymasters: How the CIA Directors Shape History and the Future

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I Index Overall Rating

Readers

55/100

Critics

67/100

Scholars

N/A

Author:

Chris Whipple

Publisher:

Scribner

Date:

September 15, 2020

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Gatekeepers, a behind-the-scenes look at what it's like to run the world's most powerful intelligence agency, and how the CIA is often a crucial counterforce against presidents threatening to overstep the powers of their office.

What The Reviewers Say

Keith Contorno,
Chicago Review of Books
If you’re an American, The Spymasters is required reading.
Daniel Kurtz-Phelan,
The New York Times Book Review
[A] genial, engaging portrait of the men and one woman who have run the C.I.A. over the past six decades.

Kirkus
An expert chronicle of the CIA through the actions of its directors.

Publishers Weekly
[A] well-documented look at the job of the CIA director.