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Holm, Richard L.

 
9781903608104: The American Agent: My Life in the CIA
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ISBN 10 : 1903608104 ISBN 13 : 9781903608104
Editeur : St Ermin's Press, 2003

Synopsis

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 months 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.

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À propos de l'auteur

Richard L. Holm had a rich and varied international career as a distinguished officer of the CIA, and now lives in retirement near CIA headquarters in Virginia.

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Éditeur
St Ermin's Press
Date d'édition
2003
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1903608104
ISBN 13 
9781903608104
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
484
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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