Indochina Hand
Casemate Publishers (Verlag)
978-1-63624-441-9 (ISBN)
Barry Broman joined the CIA in 1971 straight out of the Marine Corps, choosing a career in intelligence largely because he wanted to spend his working life in Southeast Asia. Over the next thirty years, he had the privilege of working with brave men and women who were prepared to put their lives on the line in support of the free world during the Cold War, and he enjoyed the life of adventure he had been seeking since childhood.
This book brings together tales from his career as a CIA case officer during the Cold War, giving fascinating insights into handling double agents, working in denied areas, assessing and recruiting Soviet targets, flying with Air America, acting to discredit Soviet agents with Moscow, and what happened when a case officer set a “scavenger hunt” around Bangkok for fellow spies—and at least one active target.
A selection of stories told in engaging style proving that often the truth is more unbelievable than fiction.
Epigram
Dedication
Preface
1.Pappy and Booge
2.England
3.AP Photographer
4.The Girl from Pepeekeo and a Quantico wedding
5.Hard Time in a Hard War
6.CAP Marines
7.My buddy Ralph
8.Air Wing Invitation
9.Near Death in Da Nang
10.The Skipper and the Chief
11.In the Marine Reserves
12.My Favorite Posting
13.Ambassador John Gunther Dean
14.An Awkward Change of Command Ceremony
15.The Foreign Service Institute
16.Operational Ladies of the Night
17.Spy vs Spy
18.Lady Bump
19.Air America
20.At the End in Laos
21.A Close Call in Haiti
22.Bangkok Scavenger Hunt
23.Incident with an Ambassador
24.Congressional Delegations
25.Home Leave
26.Close and Continuing Contacts
27.Covert Commo Training
28.A Small World Occurrence
29.A CIA Dirty Trick
30.A Favorite Agent
31.A Handling Challenge
32.Hard Target Recruitment
33.Africa Beckons
34.Alan Nicol
35.Communicators
36.BJ and the CIA
37.Zip Line Across the Pecos River
38.Chiefs of Station Conferences
39.China-born officers
40.Brendan’s Friend the General
41.Diversity in the CIA
42.FLASH Precedence Messages
43.Having Staff
44.Into the Enemy Camp
45.Visiting the Middle Kingdom
46.Mid Career Course
47.My Double Agent
48.Non Official Cover Officers
49.Operational Golf
50.On the Recruitment of Spies
51.Roman Holiday
52.Tehran Hostage
53.Singapore Incident
54.The Box
55.Thailand and the CIA
56.The Interior Gang
57.Wild Bill Casey
58.Montana Trek With a Merc
59.My Friend the Narc
60.A Short Sojourn in Saudi Arabia
61.Cambodian Water Festival
62.Dog For Lunch
63.Up the Rajang
64.On the Burma Pipeline
65.Searching for a Locomotive on the Silk Road
66.Travels with Neil Hollander
67.The Girl From Yaroslavl
68.Acknowledgements
| Erscheinungsdatum | 11.05.2024 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | ~50 photographs |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte |
| Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik | |
| Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918) | |
| Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Zeitgeschichte | |
| Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-63624-441-6 / 1636244416 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-63624-441-9 / 9781636244419 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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