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Our Man in Mexico: Winston Scott and the Hidden History of the CIA
Jefferson Morley
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Description for Our Man in Mexico: Winston Scott and the Hidden History of the CIA
Hardcover. Chief of the Mexico City station from 1956 to 1969, Winston Mackinley Scott occupied a key position in the founding generation of the Central Intelligence Agency. This work traces Scott's career from his origins in rural Alabama to wartime G-man to OSS London operative, to right-hand man of CIA Director Allen Dulles. Num Pages: 384 pages, 30 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 35. Weight in Grams: 703.
Mexico City was the Casablanca of the Cold War - a hotbed of spies, revolutionaries, and assassins. The CIA's station there was the front line of the United States' fight against international communism, as important for Latin America as Berlin was for Europe. And its undisputed spymaster was Winston Mackinley Scott.Chief of the Mexico City station from 1956 to 1969, Win Scott occupied a key position in the founding generation of the Central Intelligence Agency, but until now he has remained a shadowy figure. Investigative reporter Jefferson Morley traces Scott's remarkable career from his humble origins in rural Alabama to ... Read more
Mexico City was the Casablanca of the Cold War - a hotbed of spies, revolutionaries, and assassins. The CIA's station there was the front line of the United States' fight against international communism, as important for Latin America as Berlin was for Europe. And its undisputed spymaster was Winston Mackinley Scott.Chief of the Mexico City station from 1956 to 1969, Win Scott occupied a key position in the founding generation of the Central Intelligence Agency, but until now he has remained a shadowy figure. Investigative reporter Jefferson Morley traces Scott's remarkable career from his humble origins in rural Alabama to ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University Press of Kansas
Condition
New
Number of Pages
384
Place of Publication
Kansas, United States
ISBN
9780700615711
SKU
V9780700615711
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About Jefferson Morley
Jefferson Morley, formerly the ""World Opinion Roundup"" columnist for washingtonpost.com, is a veteran Washington journalist whose work has appeared in the Washington Post, New York Review of Books, Readers Digest, Slate, Salon, and other national publications.
Reviews for Our Man in Mexico: Winston Scott and the Hidden History of the CIA
Every decade or so, a talented writer provides a genuinely new glimpse into the CIA's shadowy history. Morley's account of legendary spymaster Winston Scott chronicles a life led in secret, stretching from the agency's founding through Scott's tenure as station chief in Mexico City. Morley tells this story with literary energy and an eye for the dark moments when intelligence ... Read more