The ghost : the secret life of CIA spymaster James Jesus Angleton
Morley, Jefferson2017
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"A revelatory new biography of the sinister, powerful, and paranoid man at the heart of the CIA for more than three tumultuous decades. CIA spymaster James Jesus Angleton was one of the most important unelected officials in the US government in the 20th century. From World War II to the Cold War, Agnleton was virtually untouchable, operating beyond the view of the public, Congress, and even the president himself. In this gripping biography - the first in over 20 years - investigative reporter Jefferson Morley reveals the man behind the myths: from Angleton’s friend ship with the poets Ezra Pound and TS Eliot, to his links with the underground gay milieu of mid-century Washington; from the intelligence secrets he unwittingly shared with British double agent Kim Philby, to his obstruction of the investigation into the JFK assassination; and from his initiation of the US's first foray into mass surveillance of its citizens, to his obsession with hunting for communist moles - a search that nearly destroyed the Agency ...'--Back cover.
Main title:
The ghost : the secret life of CIA spymaster James Jesus Angleton / Jefferson Morley.
Author:
Morley, Jefferson, author
Imprint:
Brunswick, Victoria Scribe Publications, 2017.©2017
Collation:
viii, 328 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm.
Notes:
This edition published by arrangement with St. Martin's Press, New York, USA.Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-313) and index.
Contents:
Machine generated contents note: pt. I POETRY -- Pound -- Salesman -- Wife -- Secretary -- Black Prince -- Nazi -- Monsignor -- Reunion -- "Homo Circles" -- Philby -- Mossad -- LSD -- pt. II POWER -- Counterintelligence -- Zionist -- Fisherman -- Cointelpro -- Mole -- Oswald -- JFK -- Cuba -- "Hit Him" -- Empire -- Golitsyn -- Blackmail -- Hamlet -- pt. III IMPUNITY -- Kim -- Provocation -- "Go Easy" -- Mole Hunts -- Oswald Again -- Dallas -- Noah's Cloak -- Loathing -- Defector -- Mary -- Cicely -- Bomb -- War -- CHAOS -- Two Boxers -- Heist -- Kim Again -- pt. IV LEGEND -- Nixon -- Golem -- Ghoul -- Widow -- Helms -- Colby -- Smoking Gun -- Desolate -- Cheney -- Warning -- Inconceivable -- Legacy -- Legend -- Jerusalem.
ISBN:
9781911344735 (invalid)9781925548402 (invalid)9781925322606
Dewey class:
327.12730092B327.1273
Language:
English
Added title:
Subject:
Angleton, James, 1917-1987United States. Central Intelligence Agency -- History -- 20th centuryUnited States. Central Intelligence Agency -- Officials and employees -- BiographyIntelligence officers -- United States -- BiographySpies -- United States -- BiographyIntelligence service -- United States -- History -- 20th centuryEspionage, American -- History -- 20th century
BRN:
329531