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.
Main Author: | Bird, Kai. |
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Format: | Books Print Book |
Language: | English |
Published: |
New York :
Crown Publishers,
[2014]
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Edition: | First edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- 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.