American spy : my secret history in the CIA, Watergate, and beyond

The Resource American spy : my secret history in the CIA, Watergate, and beyond
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American spy : my secret history in the CIA, Watergate, and beyond
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my secret history in the CIA, Watergate, and beyond
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E. Howard Hunt ; with Greg Aunapu ; foreword by William F. Buckley, Jr
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eng
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"For three decades, E. Howard Hunt served his nation, first in the U.S. Navy, then in the OSS and CIA, before being hired by President Nixon's staff, for whom he helped plan the infamous Watergate break-in. Now he reveals what he could only hint at in his seventy-plus spy novels: his role in some of the best known and least understood events in the postwar era. And he does so without spin or excuses." "From his early days as an OSS operative in China during World War II, through his decades as a covert cold warrior with the CIA, and on to his fateful years in the Nixon White House, Hunt vividly describes the rigorous training, meticulous planning, and artful deceit that are the meat and potatoes of the espionage game. He offers startling revelations about the CIA's 1954 coup in Guatemala, the disastrous Bay of Pigs invasion, the agency's covert domestic propaganda campaign, and much more." "He also discusses the 1971 break-in of Daniel Ellsberg's psychiatrist's office, reveals his motives for participating in Watergate, even though he thought it was a mistake, and explains why his wife was carrying $10,000 in cash when she died in a plane crash en route to Chicago in 1972. He also reveals that because his daughter failed to follow his directions and dispose of incriminating evidence, he was later able to use these materials and become the star witness against the heads of the Watergate conspiracy." "Based on audiotape transcripts, interviews, handwritten memos, and documents that Hunt has kept over the years, American Spy takes you behind the scenes to meet all of the Watergate conspirators as you've never seen them before."--BOOK JACKET
Biography type
autobiography
Cataloging source
DLC
Dewey number
  • 973.924092
  • B
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illustrations
Index
index present
LC call number
E840.8.H86
LC item number
A3 2007
Literary form
non fiction
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dictionaries

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