9781633885882-1633885887-American Spy: Wry Reflections on My Life in the CIA

American Spy: Wry Reflections on My Life in the CIA

ISBN-13: 9781633885882
ISBN-10: 1633885887
Edition: Illustrated
Author: H. K. Roy
Publication date: 2019
Publisher: Prometheus
Format: Hardcover 320 pages
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ISBN-13: 9781633885882
ISBN-10: 1633885887
Edition: Illustrated
Author: H. K. Roy
Publication date: 2019
Publisher: Prometheus
Format: Hardcover 320 pages

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American Spy: Wry Reflections on My Life in the CIA (ISBN-13: 9781633885882 and ISBN-10: 1633885887), written by authors H. K. Roy, was published by Prometheus in 2019. With an overall rating of 3.8 stars, it's a notable title among other Military (Leaders & Notable People, Espionage, True Crime) books. You can easily purchase or rent American Spy: Wry Reflections on My Life in the CIA (Hardcover) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used Military books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $0.27.

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This ain't your daddy's spy story. In a memoir written as a series of narrative vignettes, a former CIA operations officer recounts his years of danger, intrigue, and adventure.This candid and darkly witty memoir recounts an exhilarating life --and a few close brushes with death. With remarkable sangfroid and a humorist's eye for absurdity, H. K. Roy describes his many strange and risky exploits in his long career with the CIA. Whether he was pursuing Soviet and Cuban spies, running "denied area" operations in Eastern Europe, hunting Bosnian War criminals, or providing actionable intelligence to US government and coalition forces in Iraq, Roy usually found himself at the right place at the right time.Except when he didn't--like the time he stumbled into a life-threatening ambush by Iranian terrorists while dodging Serb snipers and shelling in Sarajevo. Eight summers later, caught in a blinding sandstorm between Amman and Baghdad, he learned his fate was in the hands of an Iraqi tribal chief who had just lost his entire family to a US airstrike in Ramadi, in a failed attempt to kill Saddam Hussein that had tragic consequences. Combining dedication to duty with a maverick's disdain for bureaucracy, Roy makes it clear that he prefers foreign locales to Washington and thrives on the adrenaline rush that comes with danger. He also sheds much light on why intelligence is an essential component of national defense, even our very survival as a nation.

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