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Title: Blond Ghost: Ted Shackley and the Cia's Crusades by David Corn ISBN: 0-671-69525-8 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Pub. Date: October, 1994 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $27.50 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.5 (2 reviews)
Rating: 2
Summary: Heavily biased but informative
Comment: Regardless of one's views on the CIA, it becomes quickly apparent that Corn's account of Agency activities, most of them pre-dating Church Committee hearings, is an extremely biased one. This is like reading an extended editorial column from an avid critic. The research is certainly thorough, although his admittedly extensive use of anonymous sources throws even more doubt on how much of the book can be taken at face value. Because the narratives primarily critique specific decisions and operations, it is easy to forget that Corn has chosen Shackley as the primary character. He is never really established as such. Expect to spend lots of time reading about operations in SE Asia. I do not at all agree that this book is essential reading for those interested in the intelligence community. For a more entertaining account of the inner workings of the Directorate of Operations (DO) during roughly the same time period, take a look at "The Night Watch" by David Atlee Philips. To my knowledge, Corn has never worked for the CIA. Philips served in various capacities within the DO.
Rating: 5
Summary: Spend Money, Get Lots of Folks Killed, Lose Anyway...
Comment: Although Ted Shackley was a line case officer, this book is placed within the paramilitary section because his entire career encompassed a series of wars where the CIA played a very tragic and unproductive role. As Shackley's deputy in Laos is quoted on page 163, speaking on Shakley's accomplishments in Laos, "We spent a lot of money and got a lot of people killed," Lair remembered, "and we didn't get much for it." For those seeking to understand the bureaucratization of the Directorate of Operations, both in the field and in Washington, this is essential reading.
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Title: The Master of Disguise : My Secret Life in the CIA by Antonio J. Mendez ISBN: 0060957913 Publisher: Perennial Pub. Date: 07 November, 2000 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: Inside the CIA by Ronald Kessler ISBN: 067173458X Publisher: Pocket Books Pub. Date: 01 February, 1994 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Manhunt: The Incredible Pursuit of a CIA Agent Turned Terrorist by Peter Maas ISBN: 0743452682 Publisher: I Books Pub. Date: 01 November, 2002 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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Title: A Short Course in the Secret War by Christopher Felix ISBN: 1568331797 Publisher: Madison Books Pub. Date: 15 December, 2001 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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Title: Inside Cia's Private World: Declassified Articles from the Agency's Internal Journal, 1955-1992 by H. Bradford Westerfield ISBN: 0300072643 Publisher: Yale Univ Pr Pub. Date: September, 1997 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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