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The Very Best Men: Four Who Dared: The Early Years of the CIA
The Very Best Men Four Who Dared The Early Years of the CIA
Author: Evan Thomas
Evan Thomas recreates the personal drama of four figures who risked everything to keep America out of war. They were Frank Wisner, Richard Bissell, Tracy Barnes and Desmond FitzGerald. Within the inner circles of Washington, at the high point of American power in the world, they planned and acted to contain the Soviet threat -- by stealth and &q...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780684825380
ISBN-10: 0684825384
Publication Date: 12/10/1996
Pages: 432
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Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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"Four Who Dared: The Early Years of the CIA"

Evan Thomas is the first author or historian ever permitted to read the CIA's own secret histories. This book is a social history, a spy yarn, and a tragedy. It is the story of American hubris, of the corruption of good intentions, of four brave and flawed men who dared too greatly.


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