The determined spy the turbulent life and times of CIA pioneer Frank Wisner
"An intimate and expertly-researched biography of Frank Wisner, the father of CIA Black Ops, telling the story of his exciting intelligence escapades as well as his lifelong struggle with bipolar disorder"--
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Dutton,
[2025]
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Table of Contents:
- Prologue
- Part one: Prelude. Laurel
- University of Virginia
- New York
- Part two: World War II. The OSS
- Cairo
- Istanbul
- Bucharest
- Berlin
- Part three: The Cold War. Home
- Washington
- Wiz's secret war
- Albania
- Asia and Eastern Europe
- Korea and the Philippines
- Beetle's bark
- The red scare and the black book
- Eisenhower
- Iran
- Operation Ajax
- Guatemala
- Operation Success
- Investigations
- Hungary and the canal
- Part four: Sidelined. Breakdown
- Sheppard Pratt
- London
- Outside
- A life cut short
- Epilogue
- Acknowledgments
- Selected bibliography
- Source notes
- Index.
