Our man in Mexico : Winston Scott and the hidden history of the CIA /

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In this book, the author reveals how Winston Scott ran hundreds of covert espionage operations from his headquarters in the U.S. Embassy while keeping three Mexican presidents on the agency's payroll, participating in the Bay of Pigs fiasco, and, most intriguingly, overseeing the surveillance o...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Morley, Jefferson (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lawrence, Kansas : University Press of Kansas, [2008]
Subjects:
Scott, Winston, > 1909-1971.
United States. > Central Intelligence Agency > Biography.
United States. > Central Intelligence Agency.
Spies > Mexico > Biography.
Spies > United States > Biography.
Intelligence officers > Mexico > Biography.
Intelligence officers > United States > Biography.
Espions > Mexique > Biographies.
Officiers de renseignements > Mexique > Biographies.
Officiers de renseignements > États-Unis > Biographies.
HISTORY > United States > 20th Century.
Diplomatic relations.
Intelligence officers.
Spies.
Mexico > Foreign relations > United States.
United States > Foreign relations > Mexico.
Mexique > Relations extérieures > États-Unis.
États-Unis > Relations extérieures > Mexique.
Mexico.
United States.
Biographies.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Prologue : April 28, 1971
  • Act I : London. Up from Escatawpa ; The Apprentice Puppet Masters ; His Friend Philby
  • Act II : Washington. Spies on the Rise ; Operation Success ; A New Life
  • Act III : Mexico City. The American Proconsul ; AMCIGAR ; Spy as Poet ; Knight ; Darkness ; Wedding in Las Lomas ; “You Might Have Had a Seven Days in May” ; A Blip Named Oswald ; Out of the Loop ; “The Effect Was Electric” ; “A Transparent Operation” ; “I Share That Guilt” ; An Anonymous Warning ; The Padrinos ; Night of Tlatelolco ; “The Sludge of Spies and Knaves” ; A Fall in the Garden
  • Afterword.

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