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.

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Ames, Robert, 1934-1983.


United States. Central Intelligence Agency --Officials and employees--Biography.


Intelligence officers--United States--Biography.

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