The Master of Disguise: My Secret Life in the CIAHarper Collins, 2009-10-13 - 382 psl. The award-winning spy and author of the New York Times bestseller Argo recounts his service with the CIA during the Cold War. On the fiftieth anniversary of the CIA, Antonio J. Mendez was named one of the fifty all-time stars of the spy trade, and he was granted exclusive permission to tell his fascinating storyall of it. For the first time, the CIA has authorized a top-level operative to tell all in an unforgettable behind-the-scenes look at espionage in action. An undisputed genius who could create an entirely new identity for anybody, anywhere, anytime, Antonio J. Mendez combined the cunning tricks of a magician with the analytic insight of a psychologist to help hundreds of people escape potentially fatal situations. From Wild West adventures in East Asia to Cold War intrigue in Moscow and helping six Americans escape revolutionary Tehran in 1980, Mendez was on the scene. Here he gives us a privileged look at what really happens in the field and behind closed doors at the highest levels of international espionage, some of it shocking, frightening, and wildly inventiveall of it unforgettable. |
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Border Crossings | 23 |
Onto the Shadowy Battlefield | 51 |
Murky Waters Southeast Asia | 78 |
Kiplings Beat | 122 |
HONOR and GAMBIT | 158 |
Pinball | 176 |
Moscow Rules | 196 |
RAPTOR in the Dark | 256 |
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The Master of Disguise My Secret Life in the CIA Antonio J. Mendez,Malcolm McConnell Ribota peržiūra - 2009 |
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