My Father the Spy by John H. Richardson
Brand: HarperCollins
Product Description
As his father nears death in his retirement home in Mexico John H. Richardson begins to unravel a life filled with drama and secrecy. John Sr. was a CIA chief of station on some of the hottest assignments of the Cold War from the back alleys of occupied Vienna to the jungles of the Philippinesand especially Saigon where he became a pivotal player in the turning point of the Vietnam War the overthrow of South Vietnamese president Ngo Dinh Diem. As John Jr. and his sister came of age in exotic postings across the world they struggled to accommodate themselves to their driven distant father and their conflict opens a window on the tumult of the sixties and Vietnam. Through the daily happenings at home and his fathers actions reconstructed from declassified documents as well as extensive interviews with former spies and government officials Richardson reveals the innermost workings of a family enmeshed in the Cold Warand the deeper war that turns the world of the fathers into the world of the sons. show more
Condition : New
Author : John H. Richardson
Weight : 472
Publisher : HarperCollins
Language : English
EAN : 9780060510367
ISBN10 : 0060510366
Format : Paperback
Date of Publication : 20051018
Place of Publication : New York United States
Pagination : 336 Pages
Dimensions : 203 X 135