The good spy : the life and death of Robert Ames / Kai Bird.

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.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bird, Kai
Language:English
Published: New York : Crown Publishers, [2014]
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Ames, Robert, > 1934-1983.
United States. > Central Intelligence Agency > Officials and employees > Biography.
Intelligence officers > United States > Biography.
NonFiction.
Historical.
Political.
Genre:
Biography.
NonFiction.
Historical.
Political.
Physical Description:xiv, 430 pages, 16 pages of unnumbered plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • 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.