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The quiet Americans : four CIA spies at the dawn of the Cold War--a tragedy in three acts / Scott Anderson.
Anderson chronicles the exploits of four spies: Michael Burke, Frank Wisner, Peter Sichel, and Edward Lansdale. The four ran covert operations across the globe, trying to outwit the ruthless KGB in Berlin, parachuting commandos into Eastern Europe, plotting coups, and directing wars against Communist insurgents in Asia. But time and again their efforts went awry, thwarted by a combination of stupidity and ideological rigidity at the highest levels of the government-- and more profoundly, the decision to abandon American ideals. It culminated in an act of betrayal and cowardice that would lock the Cold War into place for decades to come.-- adapted from jacket
Record details
- ISBN: 9780385540452
- ISBN: 0385540450
- ISBN: 9781101911730
- ISBN: 1101911735
- Physical Description: x, 562 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Doubleday, [2020]
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| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [477]-535) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Act 1: This sad and breathless moment. Operation Dogwood ; A demon inside me ; A man called Typhoid ; The wunderkind ; The man who could disappear ; The sentinel ; A lush lawlessness ; The quiet American ; A world blowing up ; An end to normal things -- Act 2: Heart and minds and dirty tricks. The mighty Wurlitzer and the royal dwarf ; Operation Rusty ; Ripe for revolt ; Finding "our guy" ; Witch hunt ; Operation Fiend ; War as a practical joke ; Tossing the dice -- Act 3: Crowding the enemy. An alarming enthusiasm ; Red Scare revived ; White knight ; Operation Success ; Those bastards out there ; Collapse. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Covington Branch | 327.120922 A549q 2020 (Text) | 33126024450755 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Independence Branch | 327.120922 A549q 2020 (Text) | 33126024450763 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |