The good spy : the life and death of Robert Ames
(2014)
By:
Bird, Kai
Nonfiction
Book
Call Numbers:
BIOGRAPHY/AMES,R
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
New York : Crown Publishers, [2014]
EDITION
First edition
DESCRIPTION
xiv, 430 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9780307889751 :, 0307889750
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
The making of a spy -- The Agency -- Arabia -- Aden and Beirut -- The Red Prince -- Secret diplomacy -- Headquarters, 1975-79 -- The assassination -- The ayatollahs -- Jimmy Carter and Hostage America -- Bill Casey and Ronald Reagan -- Beirut destiny -- The enigma of Imad Mughniyeh
Drawing on extensive interviews with Ames' widow and quotes from his private letters, a Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer presents a brilliant narrative of the making of America's most influential and effective intelligence officer in the Middle East