Indochina Hand
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Indochina Hand

Tales of a CIA Case Officer

  1. 288 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Indochina Hand

Tales of a CIA Case Officer

About this book

"The chronicle of [Broman's] Cold War CIA career bounces around the globe with his own recollections of running agents and other espionage derring-do, as well as stories told to him by friends and colleagues. There's also a good deal about his off-duty travels throughout the world. The result is an anecdote-heavy, if often stimulating, meander down memory lane." ā€” Publishers Weekly Barry Broman joined the CIA in 1971 straight out of the Marine Corps, choosing a career in intelligence largely because he wanted to spend his working life in Southeast Asia. Over the next thirty years, he had the privilege of working with brave men and women who were prepared to put their lives on the line in support of the free world during the Cold War, and he enjoyed the life of adventure he had been seeking since childhood. This book brings together tales from his career as a CIA case officer during the Cold War, giving fascinating insights into handling double agents, working in denied areas, assessing and recruiting Soviet targets, flying with Air America, acting to discredit Soviet agents with Moscow, and what happened when a case officer set a "scavenger hunt" around Bangkok for fellow spiesā€”and at least one active target. A selection of stories told in engaging style proving that often the truth is more unbelievable than fiction.

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Information

Publisher
Casemate
Year
2024
eBook ISBN
9781636244426
Topic
History
Subtopic
Military & Maritime History
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. Cover page
  2. Frontmatter
  3. Title page
  4. Copyright
  5. Contents
  6. Dedication
  7. Preface
  8. Acknowledgements
  9. 1 England
  10. 2 Associated Press Photographer
  11. 3 The Girl from Pepeekeo and a Quantico Wedding
  12. 4 Hard Times in a Hard War
  13. 5 Combined Action Marines
  14. 6 My Buddy Ralph
  15. 7 Air Wing Invitation
  16. 8 Near Death in Da Nang
  17. 9 The Skipper and the Chief
  18. 10 My Favorite Posting
  19. 11 John Gunther Dean
  20. 12 An Awkward Turnover
  21. 13 The Foreign Service Institute
  22. 14 Operational ā€œLadies of the Nightā€
  23. 15 Spy vs Spy
  24. 16 Lady Bump
  25. 17 Air America: The Worldā€™s Most Shot-at Airline Gets Revenge
  26. 18 At the End in Laos,
  27. 19 A Close Call in Haiti
  28. 20 Bangkok Scavenger Hunt
  29. 21 Incident with a Swedish Ambassador
  30. 22 CODELS
  31. 23 Home Leave
  32. 24 Close and Continuing Contacts
  33. 25 Covert Communications Training
  34. 26 A Small World Occurrence
  35. 27 A CIA ā€œDirty Trickā€ in the Cold War
  36. 28 A Favorite Agent
  37. 29 A Handling Challenge
  38. 30 A Hard Target Recruitment
  39. 31 Africa Beckons
  40. 32 Communicators in Cambodia
  41. 33 BJ and the CIA
  42. 34 Across the Pecos
  43. 35 Chief of Station Conferences
  44. 36 China-born Officers
  45. 37 Brendanā€™s Friend, the General
  46. 38 Diversity in the Clandestine Service
  47. 39 FLASH
  48. 40 Having Staff
  49. 41 Into the Enemy Camp in Cambodia
  50. 42 Into the Middle Kingdom
  51. 43 The Mid-Career Course
  52. 44 My Double Agent
  53. 45 Operational Golf
  54. 46 On the Recruitment of Spies
  55. 47 Roman Holiday
  56. 48 Tehran Hostage
  57. 49 Singapore Incident
  58. 50 Thailand and the CIA
  59. 51 The Interior Gang
  60. 52 Wild Bill Casey
  61. 53 In the Marine Reserves
  62. 54 Montana Trek with a Merc
  63. 55 My Friend the Narc
  64. 56 A Short Sojourn in Saudi Arabia
  65. 57 Cambodian Water Festival
  66. 58 Up the Rajang River of Borneo
  67. 59 On the Burma Pipeline
  68. 60 Searching for a Locomotive on the Silk Road
  69. 61 Travels with Neil Hollander
  70. 62 The Girl from Yaroslavl