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- ISBN
- 9780553807370
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Random House Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0553807374
ISBN-13
9780553807370
eBay Product ID (ePID)
74172393
Product Key Features
Book Title
Reluctant Spy : My Secret Life in the Cia's War on Terror
Number of Pages
224 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2010
Topic
Terrorism, Intelligence & Espionage, Espionage
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Political Science, True Crime
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
0.9 in
Item Weight
16.2 Oz
Item Length
9.6 in
Item Width
6.4 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2009-042956
Reviews
"The true life story of a US spy on the frontlines of the war on terror, and what that meant for both his personal and professional life. The Reluctant Spy is a gripping page turner that reads better than fiction. A great read about the murky world of American espionage."-Peter Bergen author of Holy War, Inc. and Inside the Secret World of Osama bin Laden "Kiriakou cracks open the CIA's vault, revealing an unusually human inside account of what goes on inside. A vivid picture of the tradeoffs facing America in the post 9/11 world."-Jane Mayer, staff writer, The New Yorker Magazine and author of The Dark Side: How the War on Terror Turned into a War on American Ideals, "The true life story of a US spy on the frontlines of the war on terror, and what that meant for both his personal and professional life. The Reluctant Spy is a gripping page turner that reads better than fiction. A great read about the murky world of American espionage."--Peter Bergen author of Holy War, Inc. and Inside the Secret World of Osama bin Laden "Kiriakou cracks open the CIA's vault, revealing an unusually human inside account of what goes on inside. A vivid picture of the tradeoffs facing America in the post 9/11 world."--Jane Mayer, staff writer, The New Yorker Magazine and author of The Dark Side: How the War on Terror Turned into a War on American Ideals, "The true life story of a US spy on the frontlines of the war on terror, and what that meant for both his personal and professional life.The Reluctant Spyis a gripping page turner that reads better than fiction. A great read about the murky world of American espionage."-Peter Bergen author ofHoly War, Inc.andInside the Secret World of Osama bin Laden "Kiriakou cracks open the CIArs"s vault, revealing an unusually human inside account of what goes on inside. A vivid picture of the tradeoffs facing America in the post 9/11 world."-Jane Mayer, staff writer,The New Yorker Magazineand author ofThe Dark Side: How the War on Terror Turned into a War on American Ideals
TitleLeading
The
Dewey Edition
22
Dewey Decimal
327.12730092 B
Synopsis
At once a confessional, an adventure story, and a chronicle of Kiriakou's life in the CIA, "The Reluctant Spy" stands as an important, eloquent piece of testimony from a committed American patriot., Long before the waterboarding controversy exploded in the media, one CIA agent had already gone public. In a groundbreaking 2007 interview with ABC News, John Kiriakou called waterboarding torture--but admitted that it probably worked. This book, at once a confessional, an adventure story, and a chronicle of Kiriakou's life in the CIA, stands as an important, eloquent piece of testimony from a committed American patriot. In February 2002 Kiriakou was the head of counterterrorism in Pakistan. Under his command, in a spectacular raid coordinated with Pakistani agents and the CIA's best intelligence analyst, Kiriakou's field officers took down the infamous terrorist Abu Zubaydah. For days, Kiriakou became the wounded terrorist's personal "bodyguard." In circumstances stranger than fiction, as al-Qaeda agents scoured the streets for their captured leader, the best trauma surgeon in America was flown to Pakistan to make sure that Zubaydah did not die. In The Reluctant Spy , Kiriakou takes us into the fight against an enemy fueled by fanaticism. He chillingly describes what it was like inside the CIA headquarters on the morning of 9/11, the agency leaders who stepped up and those who protected their careers. And in what may be the book's most shocking revelation, he describes how the White House made plans to invade Iraq a full year before the CIA knew about it--or could attempt to stop it. Chronicling both mind-boggling mistakes and heroic acts of individual courage, The Reluctant Spy is essential reading for anyone who wishes to understand the inner workings of the U.S. intelligence apparatus, the truth behind the torture debate, and the incredible dedication of ordinary men and women doing one of the most extraordinary jobs on earth.
LC Classification Number
HV6430.K57 2010
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