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To better understand this organization and its inner workings i highly recommend the book "Overthrow" by Stephen Kinzer.

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How about "Legacy of Ashes"?

https://www.amazon.com/Legacy-Ashes-History-Tim-Weiner/dp/03...

you know this one is good because the cia denounced it. i started it earlier this week.

Came here to post this. I cannot recommend this book highly enough. For one thing, the quality of the author’s research speaks for itself:

“The book is based on more than 50,000 documents, primarily from the archives of the CIA, and hundreds of interviews with CIA veterans, including ten Directors of Central Intelligence.”

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legacy_of_Ashes_(book)

I also recommend the book "The Company", by Bob Littell. Overall it's fiction, but has the feel of realism.

I'd also recommend https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Veins_of_Latin_America

'The Secret Team: The CIA And Its Allies In Control Of The United States And The World'

L. FLETCHER PROUTY, Col., U.S. Air Force (Ret.) 1973

https://archive.org/details/pdfy-JnCrjsoqI22z8p9i

The author's name looked familiar - then I found that this year he published a book titled _Poisoner in Chief: Sidney Gottlieb and the CIA Search for Mind Control_. Looking forward to reading that soon, and will search for your recommendation too.

See also: Brought to Light, written by Alan Moore and drawn by Bill Sienkiewicz.

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