We are delighted to welcome Chris Whipple back to Roosevelt House, albeit virtually. Its revelations are eye-popping, alternately exhilarating and depressing… How Whipple managed to pull so much history together, how he extracted such a wealth of detail from his principal sources-the CIA leaders themselves-is quite simply mind-boggling. New York Times bestselling author Christopher Buckley called The Spymasters, “The best book about the CIA I’ve ever read. Recounting seven decades of CIA activity and eliciting predictions about the issues and threats that will engage the attention of future operatives and analysts, Whipple pulls back the curtain on topics including: attempts by presidents to use the agency for their own ends simmering problems in the Middle East and Asia rogue nuclear threats cyberwarfare and how the CIA partners-or clashes-with counterparts in Britain, France, Germany, Israel, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, and Russia. With unprecedented, deep access, Chris Whipple tells the story of an agency that has been a powerful player on the world stage ever since its inception in 1947-even while operating largely in the shadows. Timely and essential, The Spymasters draws on extensive, exclusive interviews with nearly every living CIA director, including George Tenet, John Brennan, Leon Panetta, and David Petraeus. The author will be in conversation with national security reporter for The New York Times Julian Barnes. In it, Whipple offers a revelatory behind-the-scenes look at what it’s like to run the world’s most powerful intelligence agency. Roosevelt House presents a live Zoom discussion of The Spymasters: How the CIA Directors Shape History and the Future by Chris Whipple. The Spymasters: How the CIA Directors Shape History and the Future FOR A BRAND-NEW ONLINE PUBLIC PROGRAM VIA ZOOM

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