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American spy : wry reflections on my life in the CIA / by H.K. Roy.

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Prometheus Books, 2019.

United States. Central Intelligence Agency -- Officials and employees -- Biography.

Intelligence officers -- United States -- Biography.

9781633885882 (hc.)

304 p. : col. ill. ; 24 cm.

Part I: Balkan trilogy. Betrayal in the Balkans: Hillary sent me, but Bill nearly got me killed ; CIA leak ; Srebrenica madness -- Part II: The making of a spy. Don't get me started ; CIA paramilitary training ; Secure your chutes -- Part III: Latin America. Going operational ; Cuban ops ; Internal operations: Nicaragua ; Messing with Chinese spies ; Moon over Libya -- Part IV: Russian spies. CIA vs. KGB ; How--and why--to recruit a Russian spy -- Part V: CIA family. Real housewives of the CIA ; Spy kids ; CIA safe sex practices -- Part VI: Hot and cold running war: Yugoslavia. Denied Area operations ; I vant a weeza ; Komandante Giska ; From war virgin to war weary ; Life imitates art imitates life: hunting Bosnian war criminals -- Part VII: Iraq: it seemed like a good idea at the time. The road to Babylon ; Mission: improbable ; Tribalism ; Travels in Arabia -- Part VIII: Brushes with celebrity. Did I inspire an SNL skit? ; Breaking bad in Tijuana ; Sitting next to a rock star -- Part IX: The spy who cam down with a cold. Ignore my intelligence at your peril (I am not as stupid as I look) ; Iraq intelligence failure ; The spy who came down with a cold -- Epilogue -- Spookstock and H. K. Roy website.

A former CIA operations officer reflects on his life as a spy, covert ops, war zones, and the importance of intelligence for national security.

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