Politics & Government
The Quiet Americans: Four CIA Spies at the Dawn of the Cold War- A Tragedy in Three Acts
A gripping account of four American spies at the dawn of the Cold War and the CIA’s covert battles against communism, from the bestselling author of Lawrence in Arabia. THE QUIET AMERICANS chronicles the exploits of the CIA’s four original spies: Michael Burke, a charming former football star fallen on hard times, Frank Wisner, the scion of a wealthy Southern family, Peter Sichel, a sophisticated German Jew who escaped the Nazis, and Edward Lansdale, a brilliant ad executive. The four ran covert operations across the globe, trying to outwit the ruthless KGB in Berlin, parachuting commandos into Eastern Europe, plotting coups, and directing wars against Communist insurgents in Asia […Learn More]