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The Resource Good hunting : an American spymaster's story, Jack Devine with Vernon Loeb
Good hunting : an American spymaster's story, Jack Devine with Vernon Loeb
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- Summary
- "A master class in spycraft from one of its greatest practitioners. Jack Devine is one of the legendary spymasters of our time. He was in Chile when Allende fell; he ran Charlie Wilson's war in Afghanistan; he had too much to do with Iran-Contra for his own taste, though he tried to stop it; he caught Pablo Escobar in Colombia; he tried to warn George Tenet that there was a bullet coming from Iraq with his name on it. Devine served America's interests for more than thirty years in a wide range of covert operations, ultimately overseeing the Directorate of Operations, a CIA division that watches over thousands of American covert operatives worldwide. Good Hunting is his guide to the art of spycraft, told with great wit, candor, and commonsense wisdom. Caricatured by Hollywood, lionized by the right, and pilloried by the left, the CIA remains one of the least understood instruments of the United States government. Devine knows more than almost anyone about the CIA's vital importance as a tool of American statecraft. Now, as he sees it, the agency is trapped within a larger bureaucracy, losing swaths of turf to the military and, most ominous of all, being transformed into a paramilitary organization. Its capacity to do what it does best has been seriously degraded. In wonderfully readable prose, Good Hunting aims to set the record straight. This is a revelatory inside look at an organization whose history has not been given its real due"--
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 324 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
- Contents
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- 1. Inside the Invisible Government
- 2. Mules, Pick-up Trucks, and Stinger Missiles
- 3. "Your friend called from the airport"
- 4. "You need to polygraph him"
- 5. "Jack, this changes it all, doesn't it?"
- 6. Do I Lie to the Pope, or Break Cover?
- 7. Selling the Linear Strategy, One Lunch at a Time
- 8. Jousting with the Soviets : When I Knew It Was Over
- 9. A New Boss, a Bad Penny, and a Principled Heroin Dissent
- 10. The Rooster and the Train
- 11. Raising the Bar
- 12. Undisclosed
- 13. Splitting a Steak
- 14. Good Hunting
- Postscript
- People Consulted
- Isbn
- 9780374130329
- Label
- Good hunting : an American spymaster's story
- Title
- Good hunting
- Title remainder
- an American spymaster's story
- Statement of responsibility
- Jack Devine with Vernon Loeb
- Title variation
- American spymaster's story
- Subject
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- Espionage, American -- History -- 20th century
- Intelligence officers -- United States -- Biography
- Spies -- United States -- Biography
- United States -- Foreign relations -- 1945-1989
- United States -- Foreign relations -- 1989-
- United States, Central Intelligence Agency -- History -- 20th century
- United States, Central Intelligence Agency -- Officials and employees -- Biography
- Devine, Jack, 1940-
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "A master class in spycraft from one of its greatest practitioners. Jack Devine is one of the legendary spymasters of our time. He was in Chile when Allende fell; he ran Charlie Wilson's war in Afghanistan; he had too much to do with Iran-Contra for his own taste, though he tried to stop it; he caught Pablo Escobar in Colombia; he tried to warn George Tenet that there was a bullet coming from Iraq with his name on it. Devine served America's interests for more than thirty years in a wide range of covert operations, ultimately overseeing the Directorate of Operations, a CIA division that watches over thousands of American covert operatives worldwide. Good Hunting is his guide to the art of spycraft, told with great wit, candor, and commonsense wisdom. Caricatured by Hollywood, lionized by the right, and pilloried by the left, the CIA remains one of the least understood instruments of the United States government. Devine knows more than almost anyone about the CIA's vital importance as a tool of American statecraft. Now, as he sees it, the agency is trapped within a larger bureaucracy, losing swaths of turf to the military and, most ominous of all, being transformed into a paramilitary organization. Its capacity to do what it does best has been seriously degraded. In wonderfully readable prose, Good Hunting aims to set the record straight. This is a revelatory inside look at an organization whose history has not been given its real due"--
- Assigning source
- Provided by publisher
- Biography type
- autobiography
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1940-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Devine, Jack
- Dewey number
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- 327.12730092
- B
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- plates
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- JK468.I6
- LC item number
- D48 2014
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- Loeb, Vernon
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Devine, Jack
- United States
- United States
- Spies
- Intelligence officers
- Espionage, American
- United States
- United States
- Label
- Good hunting : an American spymaster's story, Jack Devine with Vernon Loeb
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-306) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- 1. Inside the Invisible Government -- 2. Mules, Pick-up Trucks, and Stinger Missiles -- 3. "Your friend called from the airport" -- 4. "You need to polygraph him" -- 5. "Jack, this changes it all, doesn't it?" -- 6. Do I Lie to the Pope, or Break Cover? -- 7. Selling the Linear Strategy, One Lunch at a Time -- 8. Jousting with the Soviets : When I Knew It Was Over -- 9. A New Boss, a Bad Penny, and a Principled Heroin Dissent -- 10. The Rooster and the Train -- 11. Raising the Bar -- 12. Undisclosed -- 13. Splitting a Steak -- 14. Good Hunting -- Postscript -- People Consulted
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 324 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780374130329
- Isbn Type
- (hardback)
- Lccn
- 2014001349
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
-
- (OCoLC)877909149
- 689126
- (OCoLC)ocn877909149
- Label
- Good hunting : an American spymaster's story, Jack Devine with Vernon Loeb
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-306) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- 1. Inside the Invisible Government -- 2. Mules, Pick-up Trucks, and Stinger Missiles -- 3. "Your friend called from the airport" -- 4. "You need to polygraph him" -- 5. "Jack, this changes it all, doesn't it?" -- 6. Do I Lie to the Pope, or Break Cover? -- 7. Selling the Linear Strategy, One Lunch at a Time -- 8. Jousting with the Soviets : When I Knew It Was Over -- 9. A New Boss, a Bad Penny, and a Principled Heroin Dissent -- 10. The Rooster and the Train -- 11. Raising the Bar -- 12. Undisclosed -- 13. Splitting a Steak -- 14. Good Hunting -- Postscript -- People Consulted
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 324 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780374130329
- Isbn Type
- (hardback)
- Lccn
- 2014001349
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
-
- (OCoLC)877909149
- 689126
- (OCoLC)ocn877909149
Subject
- Espionage, American -- History -- 20th century
- Intelligence officers -- United States -- Biography
- Spies -- United States -- Biography
- United States -- Foreign relations -- 1945-1989
- United States -- Foreign relations -- 1989-
- United States, Central Intelligence Agency -- History -- 20th century
- United States, Central Intelligence Agency -- Officials and employees -- Biography
- Devine, Jack, 1940-
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