LEGACY OF ASHES - TOC AND SYLLABUS

[Bentley, Group Founder, Leader, Chief]

This is the thread where group members will be able to find the Table of Contents and Syllabus for the upcoming spotlighted read Legacy of Ashes. This discussion begins on January 3, 2011.

Tim Weiner

[Bentley, Group Founder, Leader, Chief]

Here is the Table of Contents:


Legacy of Ashes

Table of Contents

Cover Page
Title Page
Dedication
Epigraph
Author’s Note - xiii

Part One| “In the Beginning, We Knew Nothing”
“The CIA Under Truman, 1945 to 1943

1. “Intelligence Must Be Global and Totalitarian - 3

2. “The Logic of Force” – 9

3. “Fight Fire with Fire” - 20

4. “The Most Secret Thing” - 32

5. “A Rich Blind Man” – 39

6. “They Were Suicide Missions” – 49

7. “A Vast Field of Illusion” – 63

Part Two| “A Strange Kind of Genius”
“The CIA Under Eisenhower 1953 to 1961”

8. “We Have No Plan” - 73

9. “CIA’s Greatest Single Triumph - 81

10. “Bomb Repeat Bomb” – 93

11. “And Then We’ll Have a Storm” - 105

12. “We Ran It in a Different Way” - 116

13. “Wishful Blindness” - 122

14. “Ham-Handed Operations of All Kinds” - 136

15. “A Very Strange War” - 142

16. “He Was Lying Down and He Was Lying Up” - 155

Part Three| “Lost Causes”
“The CIA Under Kennedy and Johnson, 1961 to 1968”

17. “Nobody Knew What to Do” – 171

18. “We Had Also Fooled Ourselves” - 189

19. “We’d Be Delighted To Trade Those Missiles” - 199

20. “Hey, Boss, We Did A Good Job, Didn’t We - 210

21. “I Thought It Was a Conspiracy” - 222

22. “An Ominous Drift” - 236

23. “More Courage Than Wisdom” - 244

24. “The Beginning of a Long Slide Downwards” - 249

25. “We Knew Then That We Could Not Win the War - 265

26. “A Political H-Bomb” - 270

27. “Track Down the Foreign Communists” - 285

Part Four| ”Get Rid of the Clowns”
“The CIA Under Nixon and Ford, 1968 to 1977”

28. “What the Hell Do Those Clowns Do Out There in Langley?” - 291

29. “USG Wants a Military Solution” - 306

30. “We Are Going to Catch a Lot of Hell” - 318

31. “To Change the Concept of a Secret Service” - 325

32. “A Classic Fascist Ideal” - 330

33. “The CIA Would Be Destroyed” - 335

34. “Saigon Signing Off” - 340

35. “Ineffective and Scared” - 346

Part Five| Victory Without Joy
“The CIA Under Carter, Reagan, and George H.W. Bush, 1977 to 1993”

36. “He Sought to Overthrow Their System” - 357

37. “We Were Just Plain Asleep” - 368

38. “A Freelance Buccaneer” - 375

39. “In A Dangerous Way” - 388

40. “He Was Running a Great Risk” - 394

41. “ A Con Man’s Con Man” - 401

42. “To Think the Unthinkable” - 413

43. “What are We Going To Do When the Wall Comes Down?” - 423

Part Six| The Reckoning
“The CIA Under Clinton and George W. Bush, 1993 to 2007”

44. “We Had No Facts” - 439

45. “Why In The World Didn’t We Know?” - 448

46. “We’re In Trouble” - 454

47. “The Threat Could Not Be More Real” - 467

48. “The Dark Side” - 477

49. “A Grave Mistake” - 486

50. “The Burial Ceremony” - 498

Acknowledgements - 515
Notes - 517
Index - 673
Photography Credits
Also By Tim Weiner
Copyright

[Bentley, Group Founder, Leader, Chief]

Here is the Syllabus:

Week One - January 3rd – January 9th -> Author’s Note and Chapters ONE, TWO, and THREE p. xiii - 31
Author’s Note and ONE – Intelligence Must Be Global and Totalitarian and TWO – The Logic of Force and THREE – Fight Fire with Fire

Week Two - January 10th – January 16th -> Chapters FOUR, FIVE, and SIX p. 32 - 62
FOUR – The Most Secret Thing and FIVE – A Rich Blind Man and SIX – They Were Suicide Missions

Week Three - January 17th – January 23rd -> Chapters SEVEN, EIGHT, and NINE p. 63 - 93
SEVEN – A Vast Field of Illusion and EIGHT – This chapter begins Part Two| “A Strange Kind of Genius” - “The CIA Under Eisenhower 1953 to 1961” - CHAPTER EIGHT - We Have No Plan and NINE - CIA’s Greatest Single Triumph

Week Four - January 24th – January 30th -> Chapters TEN, ELEVEN, and TWELVE p. 93 - 121
TEN – Bomb Repeat Bomb and ELEVEN - And Then We’ll Have a Storm and TWELVE - We Ran It in a Different Way

Week Five - January 31st - February 6th -> Chapters THIRTEEN, FOURTEEN, and FIFTEEN p. 122 - 155
THIRTEEN - Wishful Blindness and FOURTEEN - Ham-Handed Operations of All Kinds and FIFTEEN - A Very Strange War

Week Six - February 7th - February 13th -> Chapters SIXTEEN, SEVENTEEN, and EIGHTEEN p 155 - 199
SIXTEEN - He Was Lying Down and He Was Lying Up and SEVENTEEN - This chapter begins Part Three| “Lost Causes” “The CIA Under Kennedy and Johnson, 1961 to 1968" - Nobody Knew What to Do and EIGHTEEN - We Had Also Fooled Ourselves

Week Seven - February 14th - February 20th -> Chapters NINETEEN, TWENTY, and TWENTY-ONE p. 200 - 235
NINETEEN - We’d Be Delighted To Trade Those Missiles and TWENTY - Hey, Boss, We Did A Good Job, Didn’t We and TWENTY-ONE - I Thought It Was a Conspiracy

Week Eight - February 21st - February 27th -> Chapters TWENTY-TWO, TWENTY-THREE, and TWENTY-FOUR p. 236 - 264
TWENTY-TWO - An Ominous Drift and TWENTY-THREE - More Courage Than Wisdom and TWENTY-FOUR - The Beginning of a Long Slide Downwards

Week Nine - February 28th - March 6th -> Chapters TWENTY-FIVE, TWENTY-SIX, and TWENTY-SEVEN p. 265 - 290
TWENTY-FIVE - We Knew Then That We Could Not Win the War and TWENTY-SIX - A Political H-Bomb and TWENTY-SEVEN - Track Down the Foreign Communists

Week Ten - March 7th - March 13th -> Chapters TWENTY-EIGHT, TWENTY-NINE, and THIRTY p. 291 - 324
Part Four| ”Get Rid of the Clowns”
“The CIA Under Nixon and Ford, 1968 to 1977” - TWENTY-EIGHT - What the Hell Do Those Clowns Do Out There in Langley? and TWENTY-NINE - USG Wants a Military Solution and THIRTY - We Are Going to Catch a Lot of Hell

Week Eleven - March 14th - March 20th -> Chapters THIRTY-ONE, THIRTY-TWO, and THIRTY-THREE p. 325 - 339
THIRTY-ONE - To Change the Concept of a Secret Service and THIRTY-TWO - A Classic Fascist Ideal and THIRTY-THREE - The CIA Would Be Destroyed

Week Twelve - March 21st - March 27th -> Chapters THIRTY-FOUR, THIRTY-FIVE, and THIRTY-SIX p. 340 - 367
THIRTY-FOUR - Saigon Signing Off and THIRTY-FIVE - Ineffective and Scared and Part Five| Victory Without Joy
“The CIA Under Carter, Reagan, and George H.W. Bush, 1977 to 1993” -
THIRTY-SIX - He Sought to Overthrow Their System

Week Thirteen - March 28th - April 3rd -> THIRTY-SEVEN, and THIRTY-EIGHT, and THIRTY-NINE p. 368 - 393
THIRTY-SEVEN - We Were Just Plain Asleep and THIRTY-EIGHT - A Freelance Buccaneer and THIRTY-NINE - In A Dangerous Way

Week Fourteen - April 4th - April 10th -> FORTY, and FORTY-ONE, and FORTY-TWO p. 394 - 422
FORTY - He Was Running a Great Risk and FORTY-ONE - A Con Man’s Con Man and FORTY-TWO - To Think the Unthinkable

Week Fifteen - April 11th - April 17th -> FORTY-THREE, FORTY- FOUR, and FORTY-FIVE p. 423 - 453
FORTY-THREE - What are We Going To Do When the Wall Comes Down? - Part Six| The Reckoning - “The CIA Under Clinton and George W. Bush, 1993 to 2007”and FORTY-FOUR - We Had No Facts and FORTY-FIVE - Why In The World Didn’t We Know?

Week Sixteen - April 18th - April 24th -> FORTY-SIX, FORTY-SEVEN, and FORTY-EIGHT p. 454 - 485
FORTY-SIX - We’re In Trouble and FORTY-SEVEN - The Threat Could Not Be More Real and FORTY-EIGHT - The Dark Side

Week Seventeen - April 25th - May 1st -> FORTY-NINE, FIFTY and ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS p. 486 - 516
FORTY-NINE - A Grave Mistake and FIFTY - The Burial Ceremony and ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Week Eighteen - May 2 - May 8th -> Final Thoughts - Book as a Whole and INDEX