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02700aam a22003618i 4500 001 8C639178FA1111E9A561886097128E48 003 SILO 005 20191029010109 008 190610t20192019mauaf b 000 0aeng 010 $a 2019012257 020 $a 1633885887 020 $a 9781633885882 035 $a (OCoLC)1083688537 040 $a LBSOR/DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d TOH $d PNX $d IMT $d OCL $d UAP $d IOU $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a JK468.I6 $b R695 2019 082 00 $a B $a B $2 23 100 1 $a Roy, H. K., $e author. 245 10 $a American spy : $b wry reflections on my life in the CIA / $c H.K. Roy. 264 1 $a Amherst, New York : $b Prometheus Books, $c 2019. 300 $a 304 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : $b color illustrations ; $c 24 cm 505 0 $a Part I: Balkan trilogy. Betrayal in the Balkans: Hillary sent me, but Bill nearly got me killed ; CIA leak ; Srebrenica madness -- Part II: The making of a spy. Don't get me started ; CIA paramilitary training ; Secure your chutes -- Part III: Latin America. Going operational ; Cuban ops ; Internal operations: Nicaragua ; Messing with Chinese spies ; Moon over Libya -- Part IV: Russian spies. CIA vs. KGB ; How--and why--to recruit a Russian spy -- Part V: CIA family. Real housewives of the CIA ; Spy kids ; CIA safe sex practices -- Part VI: Hot and cold running war: Yugoslavia. Denied Area operations ; I vant a weeza ; Komandante Giska ; From war virgin to war weary ; Life imitates art imitates life: hunting Bosnian war criminals -- Part VII: Iraq: it seemed like a good idea at the time. The road to Babylon ; Mission: improbable ; Tribalism ; Travels in Arabia -- Part VIII: Brushes with celebrity. Did I inspire an SNL skit? ; Breaking bad in Tijuana ; Sitting next to a rock star -- Part IX: The spy who cam down with a cold. Ignore my intelligence at your peril (I am not as stupid as I look) ; Iraq intelligence failure ; The spy who came down with a cold -- Epilogue -- Spookstock and H. K. Roy website. 520 $a "In a series of lively vignettes, a former CIA operations officer reflects on his life as a spy, covert ops, war zones, and the importance of intelligence for national security"-- $c Provided by publisher. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-304). 600 10 $a Roy, H. K. 610 10 $a United States. $b Central Intelligence Agency $x Officials and employees $v Biography. 650 0 $a Intelligence officers $z United States $v Biography. 655 7 $a Autobiographies. $2 lcgft 941 $a 1 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20191029011521.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=8C639178FA1111E9A561886097128E48 994 $a C0 $b IOUInitiate Another SILO Locator Search