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Burn Before Reading : Presidents, CIA Directors, and Secret Intelligence
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Burn Before Reading : Presidents, CIA Directors, and Secret Intelligence Hardcover - 2005

by Stansfield, Turner

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A CIA director offers a riveting glimpse into the complicated relationship between the United States presidents and their CIA chiefs.

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Hyperion Press. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.
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  • Title Burn Before Reading : Presidents, CIA Directors, and Secret Intelligence
  • Author Stansfield, Turner
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition First Edition
  • Condition Used - Good
  • Pages 320
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Hyperion Press, New York
  • Date 2005
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Dust Cover, Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents
  • Bookseller's Inventory # GRP62853107
  • ISBN 9780786867820 / 0786867825
  • Weight 1.2 lbs (0.54 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.38 x 6.56 x 1.01 in (23.83 x 16.66 x 2.57 cm)
  • Ages 18 to UP years
  • Grade levels 13 - UP
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 20th Century
    • Chronological Period: 1950-1999
  • Library of Congress subjects United States - History, United States - Foreign relations - 20th
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2005046264
  • Dewey Decimal Code 327.127

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Citations

  • Booklist, 09/15/2005, Page 12
  • Ingram Advance, 10/01/2005, Page 142
  • Kirkus Reviews, 08/15/2005, Page 905
  • Library Journal, 11/01/2005, Page 99
  • Publishers Weekly, 08/15/2005, Page 47

About the author

Admiral Stansfield Turner served as director of central intelligence from 1977 to 1981, heading both the Intelligence Community and the CIA. Previously, as an admiral in the U.S. Navy, he served as the commander of the U.S. Second Fleet and president of the Naval War College, and as the commander in chief of NATO's Southern Flank. Admiral Turner is on the faculty of the University of Maryland's Graduate School of Public Policy. He lives in Washington, D.C.