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My Father the Spy

By Richardson, John H

My Father the Spy

By Richardson, John H

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As his father nears death in his retirement home in Mexico, John H. Richardson begins to unravel a life filled with drama and secrecy. John Sr. was a CIA "chief of station" on some of the hottest assignments of the Cold War, from the back alleys of occupied Vienna to the jungles of the Philippines—and especially Saigon, where he became a pivotal player in the turning point of the Vietnam War: the overthrow of South Vietnamese president Ngo Dinh Diem. As John Jr. and his sister came of age in exotic postings across the world, they struggled to accommodate themselves to their driven, distant father, and their conflict opens a window on the tumult of the sixties and Vietnam. Through the daily happenings at home and his father's actions, reconstructed from declassified documents as well as extensive interviews with former spies and government officials, Richardson reveals the innermost workings of a family enmeshed in the Cold War—and the deeper war that turns the world of the fathers into the world of the sons.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
illustrated
Number of Pages:
336
Release Date:
2006-08-08
Publication Date:
2006-08-08
Publisher:
HarperCollins
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0060510366
ISBN13:
9780060510367
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
279 g
Height:
127 cm
Width:
205 cm
Thickness:
27 cm
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