The good spy : the life and death of Robert Ames /
Bird, Kai.
The good spy : the life and death of Robert Ames / Kai Bird. - First edition. - xiv, 430 pages, 16 pages of unnumbered plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 403-410) and index.
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.
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.
0307889750 9780307889751
2013049480
016649161 Uk
Ames, Robert, 1934-1983.
United States. Central Intelligence Agency --Officials and employees--Biography.
Intelligence officers--United States--Biography.
The good spy : the life and death of Robert Ames / Kai Bird. - First edition. - xiv, 430 pages, 16 pages of unnumbered plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 403-410) and index.
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.
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.
0307889750 9780307889751
2013049480
016649161 Uk
Ames, Robert, 1934-1983.
United States. Central Intelligence Agency --Officials and employees--Biography.
Intelligence officers--United States--Biography.