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- ISBN
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Globe Pequot Press, T.H.E.
ISBN-10
1599218518
ISBN-13
9781599218519
eBay Product ID (ePID)
73178012
Product Key Features
Book Title
Beyond Repair : the Decline and Fall of the Cia
Number of Pages
192 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2009
Topic
Intelligence & Espionage, American Government / General, Security (National & International)
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Political Science
Format
Hardcover
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Item Weight
1 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in
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Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2009-029670
Reviews
Faddis, a career CIA operations officer, pulls no punches in this provocative critique of the iconic and dysfunctional spy agency. . . . In a world where threats are multiplying and becoming more complex, [his] bleak assessment of the CIA should be required reading." — Publishers Weekly (starred review) If you want to know what's wrong with today's CIA—and how to fix it— this book is the place to start. Sam Faddis . . . describes the timidity of station chiefs terrified of getting blamed for mistakes, the obduracy of ambassadors who don't want flaps, the #145;we're all winners here' training rules better suited for a kindergarten playground than intelligence work, the reluctance to hire and promote people who understand leadership. You read Beyond Repair and you realize: No wonder the CIA is screwed up! Faddis proposes a bold cure: Remake the CIA in the image of the World War II spy service, the OSS—smaller, flatter, tougher, smarter, meaner. If people would read this book and understand its message, it could save lives." —David Ignatius, Washington Post columnist and author of Body of Lies Drawing on his unique experience as a CIA operations officer, Charles Faddis makes a compelling case in Beyond Repair that the CIA must return to its Office of Strategic Services (OSS) roots to provide the United States with the intelligence it needs. Faddis has a deep appreciation for the OSS and great admiration for its legendary leader, General William J. Donovan, who frequently told OSS personnel that they could not succeed without taking chances. Faddis has taken such chances himself. General Donovan could have written this book. I know he would have read it and agreed wholeheartedly with its conclusion." —Charles Pinck, President of The OSS Society, Faddis, a career CIA operations officer, pulls no punches in this provocative critique of the iconic and dysfunctional spy agency. . . . In a world where threats are multiplying and becoming more complex, [his] bleak assessment of the CIA should be required reading." — Publishers Weekly (starred review) If you want to know what's wrong with today's CIA—and how to fix it— this book is the place to start. Sam Faddis . . . describes the timidity of station chiefs terrified of getting blamed for mistakes, the obduracy of ambassadors who don't want flaps, the ‘we're all winners here' training rules better suited for a kindergarten playground than intelligence work, the reluctance to hire and promote people who understand leadership. You read Beyond Repair and you realize: No wonder the CIA is screwed up! Faddis proposes a bold cure: Remake the CIA in the image of the World War II spy service, the OSS—smaller, flatter, tougher, smarter, meaner. If people would read this book and understand its message, it could save lives." —David Ignatius, Washington Post columnist and author of Body of Lies Drawing on his unique experience as a CIA operations officer, Charles Faddis makes a compelling case in Beyond Repair that the CIA must return to its Office of Strategic Services (OSS) roots to provide the United States with the intelligence it needs. Faddis has a deep appreciation for the OSS and great admiration for its legendary leader, General William J. Donovan, who frequently told OSS personnel that they could not succeed without taking chances. Faddis has taken such chances himself. General Donovan could have written this book. I know he would have read it and agreed wholeheartedly with its conclusion." —Charles Pinck, President of The OSS Society, "Somewhere out there in the ether right now a terrorist organization is working hard on an anthrax program with the express goal of launching a biological attack on the United States of America. Such an attack, with even a moderate amount of the bacteria, if properly executed, could, without the use of any sophisticated technology, kill tens of thousands and force the evacuation of major American cities." * * * "Several nations in the world, despite our best diplomatic efforts, have already succeeded in acquiring nuclear weapons. These include not just traditional powers such as Russia and China but also much less stable and predictable nations such as Pakistan, India, and North Korea. Proliferation is real, and the threat is expanding. For all its dangers, the Cold War was characterized by a great degree of predictability. Both the United States and the Soviet Union had in place elaborate command and control structures and could be counted on to act very deliberately and with due regard for long-term strategic interests. The same cannot be said of the nations now fielding nuclear arms." * * * "The challenge of determining India's nuclear war plans is complicated by the fact that the Indians themselves do not know. Pakistan, which is engaged eyeball to eyeball with India in a nuclear standoff, is an even more fragile and unpredictable entity. The prospects for an actual exchange of nuclear weapons in the sub-continent in the next ten to twenty years are enormous. The consequences for all of humanity would be almost unimaginable. These are nations with huge populations, where literally hundreds of millions of individuals wrestle with poverty and disease even on good days. The aftermath of a nuclear war between India and Pakistan would probably most resemble the Dark Ages, and the survival of either nation as a viable entity in its wake would be problematic at best." --Charles Faddis, "Faddis, a career CIA operations officer, pulls no punches in this provocative critique of the iconic and dysfunctional spy agency. . . . In a world where threats are multiplying and becoming more complex, [his] bleak assessment of the CIA should be required reading." -Publishers Weekly(starred review) "If you want to know what's wrong with today's CIA-and how to fix it- this book is the place to start. Sam Faddis . . . describes the timidity of station chiefs terrified of getting blamed for mistakes, the obduracy of ambassadors who don't want flaps, the 'we're all winners here' training rules better suited for a kindergarten playground than intelligence work, the reluctance to hire and promote people who understand leadership. You readBeyond Repairand you realize: No wonder the CIA is screwed up! Faddis proposes a bold cure: Remake the CIA in the image of the World War II spy service, the OSS-smaller, flatter, tougher, smarter, meaner. If people would read this book and understand its message, it could save lives." -David Ignatius,WashingtonPostcolumnist and author ofBody of Lies "Drawing on his unique experience as a CIA operations officer, Charles Faddis makes a compelling case inBeyond Repairthat the CIA must return to its Office of Strategic Services (OSS) roots to provide the United States with the intelligence it needs. Faddis has a deep appreciation for the OSS and great admiration for its legendary leader, General William J. Donovan, who frequently told OSS personnel that they could not succeed without taking chances. Faddis has taken such chances himself. General Donovan could have written this book. I know he would have read it and agreed wholeheartedly with its conclusion." -Charles Pinck, President of The OSS Society, "If you want to know what's wrong with today's CIA-and how to fix it- this book is the place to start. Sam Faddis . . . describes the timidity of station chiefs terrified of getting blamed for mistakes, the obduracy of ambassadors who don't want flaps, the 'we're all winners here' training rules better suited for a kindergarten playground than intelligence work, the reluctance to hire and promote people who understand leadership. You readBeyond Repairand you realize: No wonder the CIA is screwed up! Faddis proposes a bold cure: Remake the CIA in the image of the World War II spy service, the OSS-smaller, flatter, tougher, smarter, meaner. If people would read this book and understand its message, it could save lives." -David Ignatius,WashingtonPostcolumnist and author ofBody of Lies "Drawing on his unique experience as a CIA operations officer, Charles Faddis makes a compelling case inBeyond Repairthat the CIA must return to its Office of Strategic Services (OSS) roots to provide the United States with the intelligence it needs. Faddis has a deep appreciation for the OSS and great admiration for its legendary leader, General William J. Donovan, who frequently told OSS personnel that they could not succeed without taking chances. Faddis has taken such chances himself. General Donovan could have written this book. I know he would have read it and agreed wholeheartedly with its conclusion." -Charles Pinck, President of The OSS Society, "Faddis, a career CIA operations officer, pulls no punches in this provocative critique of the iconic and dysfunctional spy agency. . . . In a world where threats are multiplying and becoming more complex, [his] bleak assessment of the CIA should be required reading."--Publishers Weekly (starred review) "If you want to know what's wrong with today's CIA--and how to fix it--this book is the place to start. Sam Faddis . . . describes the timidity of station chiefs terrified of getting blamed for mistakes, the obduracy of ambassadors who don't want flaps, the 'we're all winners here' training rules better suited for a kindergarten playground than intelligence work, the reluctance to hire and promote people who understand leadership. You read Beyond Repair and you realize: No wonder the CIA is screwed up! Faddis proposes a bold cure: Remake the CIA in the image of the World War II spy service, the OSS--smaller, flatter, tougher, smarter, meaner. If people would read this book and understand its message, it could save lives."--David Ignatius, Washington Post columnist and author of Body of Lies "Drawing on his unique experience as a CIA operations officer, Charles Faddis makes a compelling case in Beyond Repair that the CIA must return to its Office of Strategic Services (OSS) roots to provide the United States with the intelligence it needs. Faddis has a deep appreciation for the OSS and great admiration for its legendary leader, General William J. Donovan, who frequently told OSS personnel that they could not succeed without taking chances. Faddis has taken such chances himself. General Donovan could have written this book. I know he would have read it and agreed wholeheartedly with its conclusion."--Charles Pinck, President of The OSS Society
Dewey Edition
22
Dewey Decimal
327.1273
Synopsis
From the author's Introduction: Let me start by saying what this book is not.It is not an attack on the men and women of the Clandestine Service of the Central Intelligence Agency, the overwhelming majority of whom are dedicated, patriotic Americans working hard everyday on behalf of their fellow citizens. God knows that they do not do it for the money nor do they do it for the recognition. They do it because they believe in the work, and because they know, as I do, that there really are monsters in the world, and someone has to protect us from them.It is also not an argument against the existence of a central human intelligence collection organization within the United States Government. We desperately needed a central intelligence agency in 1947 when the CIA was created. We even more desperately need such an entity today. The threats facing us are multiplying and becoming more complex. The time horizons in which threats are emerging are shortening. Technology is evolving at an astonishing rate, and we really are fast approaching the day when there will be dozens of groups and nations on this planet capable of threatening us with biological, chemical, radiological and nuclear weapons. This is not pulp fiction. This is reality.This book is an argument that the existing Central Intelligence Agency is no longer capable of performing the task for which it was designed and must, rapidly, be replaced., Charles Faddis, co-author of Operation Hotel California , offers gritty, hair-raising stories about the CIA, which has devolved into a giant bureaucracy of ass-coverers and careerists - not the kind of people you want in charge of preventing another 9/11., Charles Faddis, co-author of Operation Hotel California, offers gritty, hair-raising stories about the CIA, which has devolved into a giant bureaucracy of ass-coverers and careerists - not the kind of people you want in charge of preventing another 9/11., An insider's account of why the CIA is ill-prepared to protect America, and why it must be replaced without delay * Once upon a time, the CIA took the risks necessary to protect America. "If you fall," went its mantra, "fall forward." In Beyond Repair, one of the agency's most respected former operatives mounts a scathing cri--tique of the preparedness of today's CIA--and, spe--cifically, the Directorate of Operations at its core--to defend America against the dizzying dangers of the twenty-first century. In a compelling blend of analy--sis and fascinating true-life stories, Charles S. Faddis argues that the CIA has devolved into a low-risk or, often, no-risk bureaucracy of careerists whose mantra might be summed up thus: "Don't fall." "Every senior officer I know in the CIA carries personal liability insurance," writes Faddis, "because of the fear of being sued for actions taken in the line of duty." And, he notes, no operatives who commanded CIA teams in Afghanistan have been promoted to key positions. Why? Because they operate within a system that is no longer built to encourage and reward the risk-taking and creativity they excelled at. Faddis discusses the birth of the CIA, how the agency works from the inside out, why things have gone awry--and how to go about building a new entity that will maintain the midnight watch, so Americans can sleep well at night., An insider's account of why the CIA is ill-prepared to protect America, and why it must be replaced without delay * Once upon a time, the CIA took the risks necessary to protect America. "If you fall," went its mantra, "fall forward." In Beyond Repair, one of the agency's most respected former operatives mounts a scathing critique of the preparedness of today's CIA--and, specifically, the Directorate of Operations at its core--to defend America against the dizzying dangers of the twenty-first century. In a compelling blend of analysis and fascinating true-life stories, Charles S. Faddis argues that the CIA has devolved into a low-risk or, often, no-risk bureaucracy of careerists whose mantra might be summed up thus: "Don't fall." "Every senior officer I know in the CIA carries personal liability insurance," writes Faddis, "because of the fear of being sued for actions taken in the line of duty." And, he notes, no operatives who commanded CIA teams in Afghanistan have been promoted to key positions. Why? Because they operate within a system that is no longer built to encourage and reward the risk-taking and creativity they excelled at. Faddis discusses the birth of the CIA, how the agency works from the inside out, why things have gone awry--and how to go about building a new entity that will maintain the midnight watch, so Americans can sleep well at night.
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