The ghost : the secret life of CIA spymaster James Jesus Angleton / Jefferson Morley.

CIA spymaster James Jesus Angleton was one of the most powerful unelected officials in the United States government in the mid-20th century, a ghost of American power. From World War II to the Cold War, Angleton operated beyond the view of the public, Congress, and even the president. In The Ghost,...

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Main Author: Morley, Jefferson (Author)
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : St. Martin's Press, 2017.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Angleton, James, > 1917-1987.
United States. > Central Intelligence Agency > History > 20th century.
United States. > Central Intelligence Agency > Officials and employees > Biography.
United States. > Central Intelligence Agency.
Intelligence service > United States > History > 20th century.
Intelligence officers > United States > Biography.
Employees.
Intelligence officers.
Intelligence service.
United States.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Political.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Intelligence & Espionage.
TRUE CRIME / Espionage.
1900-1999
Biographies.
History.
Genre:
Biography.
Biographies.
History.
Physical Description:viii, 328 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Variant Title:
Secret life of CIA spymaster James Jesus Angleton
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Part I: Poetry. Pound ; Salesman ; Wife ; Secretary ; Black Prince ; Nazi ; Monsignor ; Reunion ; "Homo circles" ; Philby ; Mossad ; LSD
  • Part II: Power. Counterintelligence ; Zionist ; Fisherman ; COINTELPRO ; Mole ; Oswald ; JFK ; Cuba ; "Hit him" ; Empire ; Golitsyn ; Blackmail ; Hamlet
  • Part III: Impunity. Kim ; Provocation ; "Go easy" ; Mole hunts ; Oswald again ; Dallas ; Noah's cloak ; Loathing ; Defector ; Mary ; Cicely ; Bomb ; War ; CHAOS ; Two boxers ; Heist ; Kim again
  • Part IV: Legend. Nixon ; Golem ; Ghoul ; Widow ; Helms ; Colby ; Smoking gun ; Desolate ; Cheney ; Warning ; Inconceivable ; Legacy ; Legend ; Jerusalem.