Tim Weiner

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Tim Weiner
Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA
Notable awardsNational Book Award in Nonfiction
Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting

Tim Weiner (born June 20, 1956) is an American reporter and author. He is the author of five books and co-author of a sixth, and winner of the Pulitzer Prize[1] and National Book Award.[2]

Biography

Weiner graduated from

Washington, DC.[3]

Weiner won the 1988

His book Blank Check: The Pentagon's Black Budget is based on that newspaper series.

He won the National Book Award in Nonfiction for his 2007 book Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA.[2]

In 2012, Weiner published Enemies: A History of the FBI, which traces the history of the FBI's secret intelligence operations from the bureau's creation in the early 20th century through its ongoing role in the war on terrorism.

His latest book, The Folly and the Glory: America, Russia, and Political Warfare, 1945–2020, was published in 2020. Among other things it describes how the CIA helped

Putin's influence on the 2016 Presidential elections: "The Trump phenomenon, which the Russians abetted but did not create, emerged from a broken nation."[4] This is also the assessment of Rajan Menon who, in his review for The New York Times, furthermore contends that he found no evidence supporting Weiner's suggestion that NATO expansion toward the Russian border in the 1990s sprang from the mind of Anthony Lake.[5]

Books

External videos
video icon Booknotes interview with Weiner on Blank Check, October 1, 1990, C-SPAN
video icon After Words interview with Weiner on Legacy of Ashes, July 14, 2007, C-SPAN
video icon Q&A interview with Weiner about Enemies, March 11, 2012, C-SPAN
video icon Presentation by Weiner on One Man Against the World, July 30, 2015, C-SPAN

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