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Spymaster : My Life in the CIA by Finney, Richard A.;Shackley, Ted is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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Lively and informative... It is also a good story of how an operative actually works in the field. — MilitaryTed Shackley's comments on CIA operations in Europe, Cuba, Chile, and Southeast Asia and on the life of a high-stakes spymaster will be the subject of intense scrutiny by all concerned with the fields of intelligence, foreign policy, and postwar U.S. history.The death of CIA operative Theodore G.'Ted'Shackley in December 2002 triggered an avalanche of obituaries from all over the world, some of them condemnatory. Pundits used such expressions as'heroin trafficking,''training terrorists,''attempts to assassinate Castro,'and'Mob connections.'More specifically, they charged him with having played a major role in the Chilean military coup of 1973.But who was the real Ted Shackley? In Spymaster, he has told the story of his entire remarkable career for the first time. With the assistance of fellow former CIA officer Richard A. Finney, he discusses the consequential posts he held in Berlin, Miami, Laos, Vietnam, and Washington, where he was intimately involved in some of the key intelligence operations of the Cold War. During his long career, Shackley ran part of the inter-agency

Who reads Spymaster : My Life in the CIA?

It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.

Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.

Author
Finney, Richard A.;Shackley, Ted
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press;Potomac Books
Published
2014
Language
EN
ISBN
9781574889154
Category
nonfiction
Subjects
Political Science, History, Biography
Rating
4.3 / 5 (68 ratings)
Updated
2026-03-14

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