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04239aim a2200553Mi 4500 001 4C185D9AAC6111EEB8E173B432ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20240106010032 006 m dq h 007 cs nza|||auuuu 007 sz zunznnnzneu 008 231009s2023 ohunnnn q h n eng d 020 $a 9798822677142 028 02 $a 45267 $b Playaway Products 035 $a (OCoLC)1405225479 040 $a PLAYA $b eng $e rda $c PLAYA $d OCLCF $d OCLCO $d JIU $d SILO 043 $a n-us--- 100 1 $a Mundy, Liza, $d 1960- 245 14 $a The sisterhood : $b the secret history of women at the CIA / $c Liza Mundy. 264 1 $a Solon, Ohio : $b Playaway Products, LLC, $c [2023] 300 $a 1 audio media player : $b digital, HD audio ; $c 3 3/8 x 2 1/8 in. 500 $a Issued on Playaway, a dedicated audio media player. 500 $a One set of earphones and one AAA battery required for listening. 520 $a The acclaimed author of Code Girls returns with a revelatory history of three generations at the CIA--the women who fought to become operatives, transformed spy craft, and tracked down Osama Bin Laden. Created in the aftermath of World War Two, the Central Intelligence Agency relied on women even as it attempted to channel their talents and keep them down. Women sent cables, made dead drops, and maintained the agencys secrets. Despite discrimination--even because of it--women who started as clerks, secretaries, or unpaid spouses rose to become some of the CIAs shrewdest operatives. They were unlikely spies--and thats exactly what made them perfect for the role. Because women were seen as unimportant, pioneering female intelligence officers moved unnoticed around Bonn, Geneva, and Moscow, stealing secrets from under the noses of their KGB adversaries. Back at headquarters, women built the CIAs critical archives--first by hand, then by computer. And they noticed things that the men at the top didnt see. As the CIA faced an identity crisis after the Cold War, it was a close-knit network of female analysts who spotted the rising threat of Al Qaeda--though their warnings were repeatedly brushed aside. After the 9/11 attacks, more women joined the Agency as a new job, "targeter," came to prominence. They showed that data analysis would be crucial to the post-9/11 national security landscape--an effort that culminated spectacularly in the CIAs successful efforts to track down Bin Laden in his Pakistani compound. Propelled by the same meticulous reporting and vivid storytelling that infused Code Girls, The Sisterhood offers a riveting new perspective on history, revealing how women at the CIA ushered in the modern intelligence age, and how their silencing made the world more dangerous. 521 $a Adult. 610 10 $a United States. $b Central Intelligence Agency $x History. 650 0 $a Espionage, American $x History. 650 0 $a Women intelligence officers $z United States $v Biography. 650 0 $a Women spies $z United States $x History $v Biography. 650 0 $a Intelligence service $z United States $x History. 650 6 $a Espionnage ameÌricain $0 (CaQQLa)201-0378888 $x Histoire. $0 (CaQQLa)201-0378888 650 6 $a OfficieÌres de renseignements $0 (CaQQLa)201-0378258 $z EÌtats-Unis $0 (CaQQLa)201-0407727 $v Biographies. $0 (CaQQLa)201-0378258 650 6 $a Espionnes $0 (CaQQLa)201-0378258 $z EÌtats-Unis $0 (CaQQLa)201-0407727 $x Histoire $0 (CaQQLa)201-0378888 $v Biographies. $0 (CaQQLa)201-0378258 610 17 $a United States. $b Central Intelligence Agency $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00536259 650 7 $a Espionage, American $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00915388 650 7 $a Intelligence service $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00975848 650 7 $a Women intelligence officers $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01178062 650 7 $a Women spies $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01178571 651 7 $a United States $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204155 655 7 $a Biographies. $2 lcgft 655 7 $a Audiobooks. $2 lcgft 655 7 $a Playaway. $2 lcgft 710 2 $a Playaway Digital Audio, $e issuing body. 710 2 $a Playaway Products, LLC, $e issuing body. 941 $a 2 952 $l CBPF522 $d 20240305011521.0 952 $l GDPF771 $d 20240106010411.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=4C185D9AAC6111EEB8E173B432ECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b JIUInitiate Another SILO Locator Search