The good spy the life and death of Robert Ames
Drawing on extensive interviews with Ames' widow and quotes from his private letters, a Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer presents a brilliant narrative of the making of America's most influential and effective intelligence officer in the Middle East.
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New York :
Crown Publishers,
[2014]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| 245 | 1 | 4 | |a The good spy : |b the life and death of Robert Ames / |c Kai Bird. |
| 250 | |a First edition. | ||
| 264 | 1 | |a New York : |b Crown Publishers, |c [2014] | |
| 300 | |a xiv, 430 pages, 16 pages of unnumbered plates : |b illustrations ; |c 25 cm | ||
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| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references (pages 403-410) and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a The making of a spy -- The Agency -- Arabia -- Aden and Beirut -- The Red Prince -- Secret diplomacy -- Headquarters, 1975-79 -- The assassination -- The ayatollahs -- Jimmy Carter and Hostage America -- Bill Casey and Ronald Reagan -- Beirut destiny -- The enigma of Imad Mughniyeh. | |
| 520 | |a Drawing on extensive interviews with Ames' widow and quotes from his private letters, a Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer presents a brilliant narrative of the making of America's most influential and effective intelligence officer in the Middle East. | ||
| 600 | 1 | 0 | |a Ames, Robert, |d 1934-1983. |
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