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Author:
Roy, H. K., author.
Title:
American spy : wry reflections on my life in the CIA / H.K. Roy.
Publisher:
Prometheus Books,
Copyright Date:
2019
Description:
304 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Subject:
Roy, H. K.
United States.--Central Intelligence Agency--Officials and employees--Biography.
Intelligence officers--United States--Biography.
Autobiographies.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-304).
Contents:
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.
Summary:
"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"-- Provided by publisher.
ISBN:
1633885887
9781633885882
OCLC:
(OCoLC)1083688537
LCCN:
2019012257
Locations:
BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

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