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" My father the spy : "
John H. Richardson.
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BL
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955714
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b710084
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Richardson, John H., (John Hammond),1954-
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My father the spy : : an investigative memoir /\ John H. Richardson.
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1st ed.
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| Publication Statement
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New York :: HarperCollins Publishers,, ©2005.
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314 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates :: illustrations ;; 24 cm
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0060510358
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: 0060510366
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: 9780060510350
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: 9780060510367
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-312).
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| Contents
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Mexico, 1998 -- A Spy in His Youth -- Jack -- Down and Out in Paris and London -- The New Jack -- Germany -- The Mute Years -- Boot Camp -- Entering the Secret World -- The War Begins -- Catching Spies -- The War Ends -- Trieste -- Vienna -- Martinis, Poker, Cigarettes -- The Squirrel Cage -- Joel Roberts -- Virginia, 1953 -- Athens -- Manila -- Saigon -- A Plane Crash, a Bomb -- Buddhist Trouble -- Kill Tung First -- The Pagoda Attacks -- Point of No Return -- On the Assassination List -- Replace Richardson -- CIA Chief Recalled -- Virginia, 1963 -- Director of Training -- Seoul, 1969 -- Kick Out the Jams! -- Hawaii, Korea, Hawaii, Korea (1971-73) -- Mexico -- Pure Apple Juice, Son -- Conversations with Old Spies -- Mexico, 1998.
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| Abstract
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The son of a CIA station chief in Vietnam describes his father's entry into military intelligence during World War II, his contributions as a diplomat and spymaster, and the author's own struggles growing up with an increasingly remote father.
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Richardson, John H., (John Hammond),1954-Family.
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Richardson, John H.,1913-1998.
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Richardson, John H., (John Hammond),1954-
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Richardson, John H.,1913-1998
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United States.-- Officials and employees
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United States.
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Intelligence officers-- United States, Biography.
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Spies-- United States, Biography.
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Employees.
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Families.
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Intelligence officers.
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Spies.
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United States.
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| Dewey Classification
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327.12730092B
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JK468.I6.R49 2005
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