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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

A Pulitzer Prize–winning reporter’s riveting account of the transformation of the CIA and America’s special operations forces into man-hunting and killing machines in the world’s dark spaces: the new American way of war

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It was discussed as a book about the CIA's covert operations in places like Pakistan, Yemen, and Somalia, specifically focusing on the 'shadow war' following the September 11th attacks.

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The book is called The Way of the Knife. The subtitle is The CIA, A Secret Army and a War at the Ends of the Earth.

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It was discussed as a book about the CIA's covert operations in places like Pakistan, Yemen, and Somalia, specifically focusing on the 'shadow war' following the September 11th attacks.

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The book is called The Way of the Knife. The subtitle is The CIA, A Secret Army and a War at the Ends of the Earth.

It's about the what I call the shadow war, the war outside of the declared war zone since the September 11th attacks in places like Pakistan and Yemen and Somalia and how the CIA has taken on a central role in this secret war the United States has been waging.

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