Code Name Blue Wren : the true story of America's most dangerous female spy - and the sister she betrayed / Jim Popkin.
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Popkin, Jim (författare)
- ISBN 9781335449887
- Publicerad: Toronto : Hanover Square Press, [2023]
- Copyright: ©2023
- Engelska 351 sidor, 16 onumrerade sidor
- Relaterad länk:
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Innehållsförteckning
Sammanfattning
Ämnesord
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- The world's worst sorority -- Topeka -- The hothouse -- Stevie Wonder and chocolate chip cookies -- The cauldron -- "Our native land calls to us" -- "A sense of moral outrage" -- "A rich array of targets" -- Headed for a collision -- Destination Havana -- Miami vice -- A warrior monk deep within the bureaucracy -- Death of a green beret -- Surrounded -- A meteoric rise -- Spying gets lonely -- Royal flush -- The Kmart security guard -- The interview -- "One of the most damaging spies" -- Bottoming out -- "A limited capacity" -- The seventh floor -- La otra -- McCoy -- Warming up the ice queen -- Grip and grin -- Scott and Gator -- "We're going to war" -- Full field -- Confiding in Robert Hanssen -- Snuck in like ninjas -- A manatí farewell -- Out of time -- The immaculate confession -- Your sister is a spy -- "All the world is one country" -- Escape to Sweden -- "A psychological hell" -- "You are a coward" -- Release.
- "Like spies Aldrich Ames and Robert Hanssen before her, Ana Montes blindsided her colleagues with brazen acts of treason. For nearly 17 years, Montes succeeded in two high-stress jobs. By day, she was one of the government's top Cuba experts, a buttoned-down GS-14 with shockingly easy access to classified documents. By night, she was on the clock for Fidel Castro, listening to coded messages over shortwave radio, passing US secrets to handlers in local restaurants, and slipping into Havana wearing a wig. In Code Name Blue Wren, investigative journalist Jim Popkin weaves the tale of two sisters who chose two very different paths, plus the unsung heroes who had to fight to bring Ana to justice"--
Ämnesord
- Kvinnliga spioner (sao)
- Spies -- Cuba -- Biography. (LCSH)
- Moles (Spies) -- Biography. (LCSH)
- Espionage, Cuban -- History -- 20th century. (LCSH)
- Espionage, Cuban -- History -- 21st century. (LCSH)
- Employees. (fast)
- Espionage, Cuban. (fast)
- Moles (Spies) (fast)
- Spies. (fast)
- Women spies (LCSH)
- Kuba (sao)
- Cuba. (fast)
- 1900-2099 (fast)
Genre
- Biography. (LCSH)
- True crime stories. (lcgft)
- Biographies. (fast)
- History. (fast)
- True crime stories. (fast)
- Biographies. (lcgft)
Personnamn
- Montes, Ana Belen.
- Montes, Ana Belen.
Institutionsnamn
- United States. Defense Intelligence Agency.
- United States. Defense Intelligence Agency -- Officials and employees -- Biography.
- United States. Defense Intelligence Agency.
Klassifikation
- UB271.C92 (LCC)
- 327.127291/073092 (DDC)
- Ob (kssb/8 (machine generated))
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