From the ravages of the cold war. One quick the cia in despair by the moral compromises they made on the duplicitous and distractive americans, anyone would be so heartbroken to take his own life. The quiet americans 4 cia spies at the dawn of the cold wara tragedy in 3 acts is the story of these four men and how the United States at the pinnacle of its power managed to permanently damaged moral standing in the world. The author of say nothing says in this beautifully observed book Scott Anderson unearths devastating secret of how the United States lost during the cold war. Are focusing on this Colorful Life of four legendary interesting distilled a larger geopolitical saga into internet story of flawed but talented men and the inescapable american idealism and power. It is a helluva book with scenes about the unintended consequences of espionage and intervention that still resonate today. Scott anderson is the author of two novels, lawrence in arabia, International Bestseller which wa
Cspan2. Cspan2. Hi, everybody, im david, welcome to the National Book festival in the difficult time of the pandemic. One single they think we can do and i know youre loving it as i am, is to read good books. I wrote a book that was published this summer, the paladin, about a cia officer whos struggling with one of the central problems of our times, which is knowing whats true and what isnt. And its my great pleasure to have with me today two people who wrote two of the very best books of this summer about issues related to our new technologically sophisticated world and the dangers. First, i want to introduce bart gellman, my former colleague at the Washington Post who wrote an extraordinary memoirs and his dealings with Edward Snowden and the technology and surveillance and the title of the book says, the american surveillance state. And another outstanding office, thomas rid who teaches at Johns Hopkins and his accurate measure of history what weve come to call disinformation, the w
That begins at 8 00 pm eastern. Enjoy booktv every weekend on cspan2. Good afternoon. I am director of the center on National Security, i am delighted to be joined by ali soufan, author of the black banners declassified how torture derailed the war on terror after 9 11. You probably know ali soufan from some of the events weve done together, a special agent with the fbi, investigated highprofile terrorism cases before, during and after the 9 11 attacks. Is in recent years brought his investigative skills to the private sector, ceo of the founder of the center, his specialty is Global Security affairs from governance culture to state actors to nonstate actors and i will explore as much of that today as we can. I want to deck out each day, we publish the intel brief which is something you should read every day. It is a wonderful deep dive into timely issues that go to the heart of what we are thinking about even if it is not in the headlines. From white to premises him to what is happeni
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Later, a book about the federal government forced migration of native americans in the territories west of the mississippi in the mid 19th century. Applicants 8 00 p. M. Eastern. Enjoy book tv this weekend every weekend on cspan2. My name is karen, thank you for joining us here at the National Security. We are delighted to bring you, closer. With me today, chris, awardwinning author, documentary maker, his new book is the spy masters. Can you see it . Shaping history of the teacher were going to talk a lot about this today but first, what is welcome, chris. Thank you for joining us. Thanks so much for having me be back this is a wonderful read. I started it, i was like zero no, this is going to be too much information, i wont be able to take an but its fantastic. In addition to your own knowledge and research, it is based on over 70 interviews and you interviewed among those, the directors of the cia, except for the current one and just going to say it, it is not so much about the cia