American spy : my secret history in the CIA, Watergate, and beyond / E. Howard Hunt ; with Greg Aunapu ; foreword by William F. Buckley, Jr.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hunt, E. Howard (Everette Howard), 1918-2007.

Contributor:

Aunapu, Greg.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hunt, E. Howard (Everette Howard), 1918-2007.

Hunt, E. Howard.

Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994.

United States. Central Intelligence Agency.

Presidents--United States--Staff--Biography.

Presidents.

Friends and associates.

United States.

Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994--Friends and associates.

Nixon, Richard M.

Watergate Affair, 1972-1974.

Spies--United States--Biography.

Spies.

United States. Central Intelligence Agency--Biography.

United States--Politics and government--1945-1989.

Politics and government.

Genre:

Biographies.

Autobiographies.

Physical Description:

xii, 340 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley & Sons, [2007]

Summary:

Think you know everything there is to know about the OSS, the Cold War, the CIA, and Watergate? Think again. In American Spy, one of the key figures in postwar international and political espionage tells all. Former OSS and CIA operative and White House staffer E. Howard Hunt takes you into the covert designs of Presidents Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, and Nixon: His involvement in the CIA coup in Guatemala in 1954, the Bay of Pigs invasion, and more, His work with CIA officials such as Allen Dulles and Richard Helms, His friendship with William F. Buckley Jr., whom Hunt brought into the CIA, The amazing steps the CIA took to manipulate the media in America and abroad, The motives behind the break-in at Daniel Ellsberg's psychiatrist's office, Why the White House "plumbers" were formed and what they accomplished, The truth behind Operation Gemstone, a series of planned black ops activities against Nixon's political enemies, A minute-by-minute account of the Watergate break-in, Previously unreleased details of the post-Watergate cover-up. Complete with documentation from audiotape transcripts, handwritten notes, and official documents, American Spy is must reading for anyone who is fascinated by real-life spy tales, high-stakes politics, and, of course, Watergate.

Contents:

1 World War II 3

2 OSS 8

3 China Station 21

4 The End of War 28

5 The Marshall Plan 34

6 The CIA 44

7 Mexico 52

8 The Balkans and Operation PB/Success 68

9 Japan 85

10 "Play It Again, Sam" 97

11 Bay of Pigs 113

12 The Assassination of President Kennedy 126

13 The Great Propaganda Machine 148

14 Inside the White House 173

15 Gemstone 191

16 Colson and McCord 198

17 Watergate 210

18 Watergate Redux 227

19 Fallout 236

20 Disaster Strikes Twice 252

21 After the Crash 269

22 Sentencing 279

23 The Web Unweaves 294

24 The Memo Bites Back 311

25 The Problem with Langley 323.

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

9780471789826

0471789828

OCLC:

70673172