Cold warrior: James Jesus Angleton : the CIA's master spy hunterJames Angleton was the most controversial and mysterious counterintelligence spymaster in the CIA's history. Veteran reporter Tom Mangold covers every phase of the spymaster's career and lays bare the dangerous, illusory world of high intelligence in the white heat of the Cold War. His tale is as suspenseful as a work of fiction. |
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User Review - bookmarkaussie - LibraryThingAn interesting but biased look at the career of James Angleton. I say biased because it only really looks at what the author considers his failures. While there are chapters covering his life before ... Read full review
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User Review - RandyStafford - LibraryThingMy reaction to reading this book in 1995. Fascinating story of one man’s obsession and paranoia and how it greatly crippled the CIA’s intelligence work against the Soviet Union during the Cold War ... Read full review
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| Title | Cold warrior: James Jesus Angleton : the CIA's master spy hunter |
| Author | Tom Mangold |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Simon & Schuster, 1991 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | Sep 22, 2008 |
| ISBN | 0671662732, 9780671662738 |
| Length | 462 pages |
| Subjects | › › Biography & Autobiography / General Biography & Autobiography / Historical Espionage, American Espionage, American/ History/ 20th century Intelligence service Intelligence service/ United States/ History/ 20th century Political Science / Political Freedom & Security / Intelligence Spies Spies/ United States/ Biography True Crime / Espionage |
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