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A time to betray : the astonishing double life of a CIA agent inside the Revolutionary Guards of Iran / Reza Kahlili.

Van Pelt Library DS318.8 .K33 2010
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Kahlili, Reza.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Kahlili, Reza.
United States. Central Intelligence Agency--Officials and employees.
United States.
Iran. Sipāh-i Pāsdārān-i Inqilāb-i Islāmī.
Iran.
United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
Soldiers.
Spies.
Islam and politics--Iran.
Islam and politics.
Spies--Iran--Biography.
Soldiers--Iran--Biography.
Espionage, American.
Intelligence officers.
Iran--History--Revolution, 1979.
History.
Iran--Politics and government--20th century.
Politics and government.
Genre:
Biographies.
Autobiographies.
Physical Description:
340 pages ; 25 cm
Edition:
First Threshold Editions hardcover edition.
Place of Publication:
New York : Threshold Editions, 2010.
Summary:
This true spy thriller reveals the inner workings of the notorious Revolutionary Guards of Iran, as witnessed by an Iranian man inside their ranks who spied for the American government. It is a human story, a chronicle of family and friendships torn apart by a terror-mongering regime, and how the adult choices of three childhood mates during the Islamic Republic yielded divisive and tragic fates. And it is the courageous account of one man's decades-long commitment to lead a double life informing on the beloved country of his birth, a place that once offered the promise of freedom and enlightenment--but is instead ruled by murderous violence and spirit-crushing oppression.--From publisher description.
Contents:
Truth or lies
Three friends
Coming to America
Shah Raft : the revolution
The invincible Imam
A funeral and a wedding
Evin prison
Commitments
The prayer
Code name: Wally
Tricks of the trade
Training for espionage
A spy returns home
Brothers in arms
Hope and peril
Hejab
The torch is passed
The radical
Suspicions
Another martyr
Too close to home
Far from home
God's house
Brother, my brother
Leaving home
Back into the cold
Eye for an eye
Double agent
Free at last?
Vatan
Omid, Hope.
ISBN:
143918903X
9781439189030
1439189676
9781439189672
OCLC:
462904694

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