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| Genre/Form: | Biography Biographies |
|---|---|
| Named Person: | William Egan Colby; William Egan Colby; William Egan Colby |
| Material Type: | Biography, Internet resource |
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
John Prados |
| ISBN: | 0195128478 9780195128475 |
| OCLC Number: | 49493468 |
| Description: | xvii, 380 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm. |
| Contents: | The mystery of Bill Colby -- Baptism of fire -- Tianjin to Trondheim -- The crusade begins -- Political action -- Journey to the east -- A bigger stage to play on -- Death in November -- Arc of crisis -- Exhilaration of war -- Rising from ashes -- The fall of Phoenix -- Back to Langley -- The top floor -- The year of intelligence -- Intelligence in a free society. |
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Abstract:
An account of one of the nation's most controversial CIA directors looks back on a life spent fighting Communism, from his salad days in the OSS to his involvement in the Phoenix program in Vietnam and the Indonesian coup of 1965.
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- Colby, William Egan, -- 1920-1996.
- United States. -- Central Intelligence Agency -- Biography.
- Intelligence officers -- United States -- Biography.
- Colby, William Egan, -- 1920-
- États-Unis. -- Central Intelligence Agency -- Biographies.
- Officiers de renseignements -- États-Unis -- Biographies.
- Inlichtingendiensten.
- CIA.
- Colby, William Egan.
- USA -- CIA.

