Missing man : the American spy who vanished in Iran / Barry Meier.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Meier, Barry, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Levinson, Robert A. (Robert Alan), 1948-.

Levinson, Robert A.

United States. Central Intelligence Agency--Officials and employees--Biography.

United States.

United States. Central Intelligence Agency.

Spies--United States--Biography.

Spies.

Rescues.

History.

Hostages.

Missing persons.

Iran.

Missing persons--Iran--Biography.

Hostages--Iran--Biography.

Rescues--Iran--History--21st century.

United States--Foreign relations--Iran.

International relations.

Iran--Foreign relations--United States.

United States--Foreign relations--1989-.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

viii, 273 pages ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2016.

Summary:

"A real-life thriller about a CIA contractor who vanished in Iran and the international manhunt to find him"-- Provided by publisher.

"In late 2013, Americans were shocked to learn that a former FBI agent turned private investigator who disappeared in Iran in 2007 was there on a mission for the CIA. The missing man, Robert Levinson, appeared in pictures dressed like a Guantánamo prisoner and pleaded in a video for help from the United States. Barry Meier, an award-winning investigative reporter for The New York Times, draws on years of interviews and never-before-disclosed CIA files to weave together a riveting narrative of the ex-agent's journey to Iran and the hunt to rescue him. The result is an extraordinary tale about the shadowlands between crime, business, espionage, and the law, where secrets are currency and betrayal is commonplace. Its colorful cast includes CIA operatives, Russian oligarchs, arms dealers, White House officials, gangsters, private eyes, FBI agents, journalists, and a fugitive American terrorist and assassin. Missing Man is a fast-paced story that moves through exotic locales and is set against the backdrop of the twilight war between the United States and Iran, one in which hostages are used as political pawns. Filled with stunning revelations, it chronicles a family's ongoing search for answers and one man's desperate struggle to keep his hand in the game"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Prologue

1.The House on Ninety-Second Street

2. Toots

3. The Fugitive

4. Boris

5. A Gold Mine

6. Christmas

7. The Black Dahlia

8. An Appointment on Kish

9. The Missing Man

10. One of Their Own

11. The Merchant of Death

12. Passwords

13. The Nuclear Option

14. "Heloo Cheristi"

15. The Hikers

16. The Young Man

17. Proof of Life

18. Tradecraft

19. Breaking News

20. The Fellowship

21. The Twilight War.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780374210458

0374210454

OCLC:

918994979

Online:

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