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The American Agent: My Life in the CIA

Categorie	Geschiedenis Europa
Boeknummer	#266449
Titel	The American Agent: My Life in the CIA
Auteur	Holm, Richard L.
Boektype	Gebonden hardcover met stofomslag
Uitgeverij	St. Ermin's Press
Jaar van uitgave	2003
ISBN10	1903608104
ISBN13	9781903608104
Taal	Engels
Samenvatting	A career CIA officer, Dick Holm served in America's "secret war" in Laos, then in 1965 was transferred to the Congo where he was injured in a plane crash and suffered appalling burns. This near-death experience had a profound effect on him, and after two painful years of recuperation he went to Hong Kong to run agents into China, then returned to CIA Headquarters as Chief of the Counter Terrorism Centre. In this role he played a key part in tracking down Carlos the Jackal, and when he was posted to Paris as Station Chief he participated in his arrest in the Sudan. Holm's work in Paris proved highly controversial when a French source became a double agent and compromised the CIA station, resulting in Holm's expulsion from France and his forced resignation from the Bureau. Two mon... (Lees verder)ths later he was invited back to receive an official Medal of Commendation. Working under 13 different heads of the CIA in theatres of operations across the world, Dick Holm's memoir is the eventful life of one of the CIA's most celebrated officers and diplomats.
Pagina's	462
Conditie	Goed
Prijs	€ 20,00

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