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A former Deputy Director of the CIA provides a behind-the-scenes look at the American intelligence community, the Reagan administration's secret war against the Sandinistas, the covert operations he conceived, and the battle against world terrorism. 50,000 first printing. Tour.
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Characters/People edit
- Casey: Add a description of this character.
- Adamski
- Reagan
- Pastora
- Webster
- Walsh
- Moynihan
- Qaddafi
- Alvarez
- Slava
- George Bush
- Maggie
- Vince Cannistraro
- Cassi
- Mcmahon
- Mcfarlane
- John Stein
- Clair George
- Noriega
- Irina
- Alan Wolfe
- Koirala
- Haig
- Hakim
- Dci
- Helga
- Mr. Clarridge
- Alan Fiers
- Poindexter
- Oliver North
- Ahmad
- Harry Rositzke
- Mohr
- Stolz
- Carter
- Brown
- Tony Motley
- Ian
- Galtieri
- Ames
- Dewey
- Inman
Setting & Locations edit
- Washington
- Nicaragua
- United States
- Rome
- India
- Nepal
- New Delhi
- Grenada
- Istanbul
- Beirut
- Turkey
- Central America
- Ankara
- Iran
- Europe
- Honduras
- Latin America
- Kathmandu
- White House
- Panama
- Italy
- Managua
- Madras
- Cyprus
- Soviet Union
- Poland
- Athens
- Tibet
- Nashua
- Lebanon
- Middle East
- Barbados
- Vietnam
- Libya
- Santovito
- Lisbon
- Cuba
- Sandinistas
- Cia
- Near East Division
- New York
- Israel
- Germany
- Kashmir
- Paris
- Langley
- El Salvador
- Hamdan
First Sentence edit
After all this time, you can still hear my hometown in my voice.
Table of Contents edit
Foreword
Preface: A Life in the Shadows of History
PART I: THE MAKING OF A SPY
1. Formative Years
2. Higher Education, 1949-55
3. Apprentice Spy, 1955-57
4. Nepal: Opportunity Creates the Man, 1958-60
5. India: No Tomorrow, 1960-64
PART II: POLICING THE GLOBAL VILLAGE
6. Washington, 1964-68
7. Turkey, 1968-73
8. The Long Pursuit
9. Washington, 1973-79
10. Rome, 1979-81
PART III: BATTLE STATIONS
11. Taking on the Sandanistas
12. Going to War
13. The Two-Front War - Washington and Nicaragua
14. The Grenada Episode
15. Hardball in Nicaragua
16. Phasing Down
PART IV: FIGHTING NEW ENEMIES
17. Chief of European Division, 1984-86
18. The Iranian Episode
19. The Revolution Within
20. On the Offensive
21. Bring 'Em Back Alive - or Not
PART V: ATTACKED FROM WITHIN
22. Iran-contra Investigation
23. The Long Good-bye
24. Crossing the Appalachians
25. Whither the Clandestine Services
Index
Authors & Contributors edit
- Duane R. Clarridge (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Scribner
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1997
ISBN: 0684800683
Page Count: 432
Publisher: Scribner
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1997
ISBN: 0684800683
Page Count: 432
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- Dewey: 920
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