Scott Anderson The Quiet Americans (Poche)

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Titre: The Quiet Americans
Condition: Neuf
Sous titres: Four CIA Spies at the Dawn of the Cold War - A Tragedy in Three Acts
Auteur: Scott Anderson
Format: Poche
ISBN-10: 1529066263
EAN: 9781529066265
ISBN: 9781529066265
Publisher: Picador
Genre: Law & Politics
Sujet: History
Date de publication: 2022-02-03
Description:

‘A darkly entertaining tale about American espionage, set in an era when Washington’s fear and skepticism about the agency resembles our climate today.’ New York Times

At the end of World War II, the United States dominated the world militarily, economically, and in moral standing – seen as the victor over tyranny and a champion of freedom. But it was clear – to some – that the Soviet Union was already executing a plan to expand and foment revolution around the world. The American government’s strategy in response relied on the secret efforts of a newly-formed CIA.

The Quiet Americans chronicles the exploits of four spies – Michael Burke, a charming former football star fallen on hard times, Frank Wisner, the scion of a wealthy Southern family, Peter Sichel, a sophisticated German Jew who escaped the Nazis, and Edward Lansdale, a brilliant ad executive. The four ran covert operations across the globe, trying to outwit the ruthless KGB in Berlin, parachuting commandos into Eastern Europe, plotting coups, and directing wars against Communist insurgents in Asia.

But time and again their efforts went awry, thwarted by a combination of stupidity and ideological rigidity at the highest levels of the government – and more profoundly, the decision to abandon American ideals. By the mid-1950s, the Soviet Union had a stranglehold on Eastern Europe, the US had begun its disastrous intervention in Vietnam, and America, the beacon of democracy, was overthrowing democratically elected governments and earning the hatred of much of the world. All of this culminated in an act of betrayal and cowardice that would lock the Cold War into place for decades to come.

Anderson brings to the telling of this story all the narrative brio, deep research, sceptical eye, and lively prose that made Lawrence in Arabia a major international bestseller. The intertwined lives of these men began in a common purpose of defending freedom, but the ravages of the Cold War led them to different fates. Two would quit the CIA in despair, stricken by the moral compromises they had to make; one became the archetype of the duplicitous and destructive American spy; and one would be so heartbroken he would take his own life.

Scott Anderson’s The Quiet Americans is the story of these four men. It is also the story of how the United States, at the very pinnacle of its power, managed to permanently damage its moral standing in the world.


Sujet: Anglais
Pays/Région de fabrication: GB
Item Height: 197
Item Length: 130.00
Item Width: 36.00
Poids: 453g
Année de publication: 2022

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  • Condition: Neuf
  • Title: The Quiet Americans
  • Titre: The Quiet Americans
  • Sous titres: Four CIA Spies at the Dawn of the Cold War - A Tragedy in Three A
  • Auteur: Scott Anderson
  • Format: Poche
  • ISBN-10: 1529066263
  • EAN: 9781529066265
  • ISBN: 9781529066265
  • Publisher: Picador
  • Genre: Law & Politics
  • Sujet: Anglais
  • Date de publication: 2022-02-03
  • Année de publication: 2022
  • Pays/Région de fabrication: GB
  • Item Height: 197
  • Item Length: 130.00
  • Item Width: 36.00
  • Poids: 453g

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