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User Review - keylawk - LibraryThingWoodward provides deep journalism on the work of the US Central Intelligence Agency, "CIA". President Ronald ("Nancy") Reagan appointed William J. Casey as DCI ("Director of Intelligence"). The book ... Read full review
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| Title | Veil: The Secret Wars of the CIA, 1981-1987 |
| Author | Bob Woodward |
| Edition | illustrated, reprint |
| Publisher | Pocket Books, 1988 |
| ISBN | 0671661590, 9780671661595 |
| Length | 639 pages |
| Subjects | › Political Science / General |
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