BLOND GHOST: Ted Shackley And The CIA’S CRUSADES.

Corn, David

28 évaluations par Goodreads

Langue : anglais

Edité par NY. 1994. Simon & Scuster, 1994

0671695258 / 9780671695255

  • Éd. originale
  • Livre relié
  • Occasion
Afficher toutes les informations
Image de l’article 1 de 4
Partenaire historique

Vendeur : Chris Fessler, Bookseller, Howell, MI, Etats-UnisChris Fessler, Bookseller

Vendeur avec une évaluation de 5 étoiles

Vendeur AbeBooks depuis 17 mars 1998

Livre relié

Etat: Occasion

EUR 23,90

EUR 5,31 expédition 
Expédition nationale : Etats-Unis

Quantité disponible : 1 disponible

Ajouter au panier
Retours gratuits sous 30 jours

A propos de cet article

red & black ¼ cloth hardbound 8vo. 8º (octavo). dustwrapper in protective plastic book jacket cover. very fine cond. mint cond. looks new. like new. as new. binding square & tight. covers clean. edges clean. contents free of all markings. dustwrapper in fine cond. not worn or torn or price clipped. nice clean copy. no library markings, store stamps, stickers, bookplates, no names, inking , underlining, remainder markings etc ~first edition. first printing ( # 1 in # line). note: book has a minor defect~ the glossy b&w illustrations are bound in a little off center (abt. 1cm). 509p. glossy b&w photo illustration. acknowledgments. notes. index. biography. american history. world history. conspiracy theory. secret societies. CIA. espionage. covert operations. vietnam war. cold war. iran~contra. ~Ted Shackley's life is the inside story of the CIA during the tense years of the Cold War. He was everywhere. As an Agency officer in postwar Berlin, Shackley attempted a nearly impossible task: to recruit Soviet~bloc spies. In the 1960s, he was the Company's man in Miami, where he ran a base~codenamed JMWAVE~that mounted espionage and sabotage operations ordered by President John Kennedy against Castro's Cuba. In Laos, he used a secret tribal army to wage an undercover war. After that, he was the CIA's top spy in Vietnam, where he earned the nickname "Blond Ghost." In Washington, he rose to the number two position in the Agency's clandestine service and appeared destined to be CIA director. But Shackley's fast ascent was stalled after he was publicly linked to an ex~CIA arms dealer in league with Libyan dictator Muammar Qaddafi. He went on to play a mysterious role in the murky Iran~Contra scandal. Based on once~secret government records and interviews with over 100 ex~CIA officers, Blond Ghost offers a fascinating portrait of Ted Shackley~a real~life George Smiley. It exposes the inner workings of the CIA and details the failure of the Agency's most important covert enterprises. It reveals dozens of top~secret operations: how the CIA recruited children as agents in Vietnam; how it encouraged perjury before Congress; how it paid off a suspected drug dealer; how it tried to use sex to blackmail communist officials; how it uncovered a Soviet~bloc spy in the German parliament; and more. Washington journalist David Corn discloses that for decades, the CIA's commitment to dirty tricks and secret wars compromised its ability to gather intelligence. Blond Ghost probes the CIA's Cold War record and shows that the Agency's efforts to penetrate the Iron Curtain in the 1950s were utterly unsuccessful, with an appalling and pointless loss of life; that the CIA tried to foment rebellion in Cuba, despite intelligence asserting no uprising was likely; that the CIA foisted on its Laotian allies unrealistic military operations that led to the death and displacement of tens of thousands of Laotians; that the CIA bungled miserably in Vietnam~ignoring intelligence collection for years and then suppressing information on the corruption and ineptness of the Saigon regime. Blond Ghost tells the tale of an important, decorated, and controversial spy master, unveils the nitty~gritty of life in the Agency, and reveals the real job the CIA did in the Cold War. …

N° de réf. du vendeur 9091403

Titre
BLOND GHOST: Ted Shackley And The CIA’S CRUSADES.
Auteur
Corn, David
Éditeur
NY. 1994. Simon & Scuster
Année de publication
1994
Jaquette
Jaquette
Reliure
Couverture rigide
Langue
anglais
ISBN à 10 chiffres
0671695258
ISBN à 13 chiffres
9780671695255
Édition
Edition originale

Chris Fessler, Bookseller

Howell, MI, Etats-Unis

Vendeur avec une évaluation de 5 étoiles

Vendeur AbeBooks depuis 17 mars 1998

Frais d'expédition à l'intérieur de ce pays : Etats-Unis

Article5 à 14 jours ouvrés3 à 6 jours ouvrés
Premier articleEUR 5,31EUR 12,50
Les délais de livraison sont fixés par les vendeurs et varient en fonction du transporteur et du lieu. Les commandes transitant par les douanes peuvent être retardées et les acheteurs sont responsables de tous les droits ou frais associés. Les vendeurs peuvent vous contacter au sujet de frais supplémentaires afin de couvrir toute augmentation des coûts d'expédition de vos articles.

Modes de paiement

  • Visa
  • Mastercard
  • American Express
  • Carte Bleue
  • Apple Pay
  • Google Pay
  • Chèque
  • Mandat
  • Paypal

Description de la boutique

Internet / Mail Order Only.

Spécialité

oriental history, philosophy & religion, world religions. the ancient world, prehistoric and primitive art, occultism. theosophy. history of science., ancient religion, ancient history, ancient philosophy, travel.exploration.world history, cookbooks, international cuisine, ethnic cuisine, astrolatry, archaeoastronomy, astroarchaeology, medieval histor, espionage. secret societies. conspiracy theor

Profil professionnel du vendeur

Chris Fessler, Bookseller

MI, Etats-Unis