Devine jack with loeb vernon (4 resultados)
Idioma: Inglés
Editorial: New York : Sarah Crichton Books/Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2014., 2014
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Librería: Inkberry Books, Niwot, CO, Estados Unidos de AmericaInkberry Books
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EUR 22,30
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Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. Store location A1 324 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Librería: About Books, Henderson, NV, Estados Unidos de AmericaAbout Books
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EUR 31,18
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Hardcover. Condición: Fine condition. Near Fine dust jacket. New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2014. SIGNED by the AUTHOR directly on the title page (NOT INSCRIBED -- his signature only, NOT personalized to anyone). Appears unread. Fine condition in a Near Fine dust jacket (only lightly rubbed). NO chips, tears or creases. NOT…price clipped ($27.00). NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a remainder. Sharp corners. Pages are crisp, clean and unmarked - apparently never read. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. Bound in the original black cloth, stamped in silver on the spine. From the dust jacket: "Jack Devine ran Charlie Wilson's War in Afghanistan. It was the largest covert action of the Cold War, and it was Devine who put the brand-new Stinger missile into the hands of the mujahideen during their war with the Soviets, paving the way to a decisive victory against the Russians. He also pushed the CIA's effort to run down the narcotics trafficker Pablo Escobar in Colombia. He tried to warn the director of central intelligence, George Tenet, that there was a bullet coming from Iraq with his name on it. He was in Chile when Allende fell, and he had too much to do with Iran-Contra for his own taste, though he tried to stop it. And he tangled with Rick Ames, the KGB spy inside the CIA, and hunted Robert Hanssen, the mole in the FBI. GOOD HUNTING: AN AMERICAN SPYMASTER'S STORY is the spellbinding memoir of Devine's time in the Central Intelligence Agency, where he served for more than thirty years, rising to become the acting deputy director of operations, responsible for all of the CIA's spying operations. This is a story of intrigue and high-stakes maneuvering, all the more gripping when the fate of our geopolitical order hangs in the balance. But this book also sounds a warning to our nation's decision makers: covert operations, not costly and devastating full-scale interventions, are the best safeguard of America's interests worldwide. Part memoir, part historical redress, GOOD HUNTING debunks outright some of the myths surrounding the Agency and cautions against its misuses. Beneath the exotic allure - living abroad with his wife and six children, running operations in seven countries, and serving successive presidents from Nixon to Clinton - this is a realist, gimlet-eyed account of the Agency. Now, as Devine sees it, the CIA is trapped within a larger bureaucracy, losing swaths of turf to the military, and, most ominous of all, is becoming overly weighted toward paramilitary operations after a decade of war. Its capacity to do what it does best - spying and covert action - has been seriously degraded. GOOD HUNTING sheds light on some of the CIA's deepest secrets and spans an illustrious tenure - and never before has an acting deputy director of operations come forth with such an account. With the historical acumen of Steve Coll's GHOST WARS and gripping scenarios that evoke the novels of John le Carré even as they hew closely to the facts on the ground, Devine offers a master class in spycraft.". INSCRIBED / SIGNED by the AUTHOR. Hardcover. Fine condition/Near Fine dust jacket. Illus. by NOT a library discard. 8vo. (x), 325pp. + 8 pages of photos. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping. NOT a library discard (ilustrador).
Editorial: Farrar Straus & Giroux, New York, 2014
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Librería: Timothy Norlen Bookseller, Santa Barbara, CA, Estados Unidos de AmericaTimothy Norlen Bookseller
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EUR 28,55
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Añadir al carritoHardcover. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fine. First American Edition. Inscribed and dated by Jack Devine on title page. First edition stated but number line begins with a 2. Crisp, unread copy. Black paper covered boards have rubbing to front panel where some of the black paper has been eroded to small area.… Author was one of the top men in the CIA and ran what became known as Charlie Wilsons War in Afghanistan which was later made into a fine film. Faint rubbing to jacket. In mylar. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed by Author.
Editorial: Sarah Crichton Books New York 2014, 2014
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Librería: Andrew Barnes Books / Military Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, AustraliaAndrew Barnes Books / Military Melbourne
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EUR 33,90
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Añadir al carrito1st edition dust jacket As New octavo 324pp., b/w plates, notes, index, Jack Devine ran Charlie Wilson's War in Afghanistan. It was the largest covert action of the Cold War, and it was Devine who put the brand-new Stinger missile into the hands of the mujahideen during their war with the Soviets, paving the way to a decisive vi…ctory against the Russians.
