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Breaking cover : my secret life in the CIA and what it taught me about what's worth fighting for / Michele Rigby Assad.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Assad, Michele Rigby, author.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Assad, Michele Rigby.
United States. Central Intelligence Agency--Officials and employees--Biography.
United States.
Terrorism--Prevention--Intelligence specialists--Biography.
Terrorism.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (271 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
Place of Publication:
Carol Stream, Illinois : Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., [2018]
Summary:
A real-life, can't-put-down spy memoir.The CIA is looking for walking contradictions.Recruiters seek out potential agents who can keep a secret yet pull classified information out of others; who love their country but are willing to leave it behind for dangerous places; who live double lives but can be trusted with some of the nation's most.
Contents:
Cover
Endorsements
Half Title
Title
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
Author's Note
Prologue
Chapter 1: The Spy Next Door
Chapter 2: The Right Stuff
Chapter 3: Don't Judge a Spy by Her Cover
Chapter 4: A Model Spy
Chapter 5: Keep Calm-and Carry a Working Compass
Chapter 6: Into the Desert
Chapter 7: Mr. &amp
Mrs. Smith
Chapter 8: Get Off the "X"
Chapter 9: Caught between Iraq and a Hard Place
Chapter 10: Welcome to Hell on Earth
Chapter 11: Face-to-Face with the Enemy
Chapter 12: Truth or Consequences-A Tale of Three Sources
Chapter 13: Never Say Never
Chapter 14: An Unexpected Mission
Chapter 15: Now What?
Chapter 16: You Can't Go Home Again
Chapter 17: Back to Iraq
Chapter 18: Decision Time
Chapter 19: Escape
Chapter 20: The Final Push
Epilogue
Acknowledgments
Endnotes
About the Author.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
Description based on print version record.
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ISBN:
1-4964-1963-4
OCLC:
1022507085

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