America's First Spy: The Tragic Heroism of Frank Wisner

Author:   George Cristian Maior
Publisher:   Academica Press
ISBN:  

9781680530803


Pages:   265
Publication Date:   30 October 2018
Format:   Paperback
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America's First Spy: The Tragic Heroism of Frank Wisner


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In this exciting book, distinguished Romanian diplomat and scholar George Cristian Maior - currently serving as Romania’s ambassador in Washington - recounts the thrilling tale of America’s first spy drama – the legendary Frank Wisner’s intelligence operations in Romania as World War II ended and the Cold War dawned. An Office of Strategic Services operative who later rose to become the Central Intelligence Agency’s operations chief before his tragic suicide, Wisner’s mission bestrode two worlds and witnessed profound changes that global politics have grappled with ever since. Painstakingly reconstructed with the aid of specialized literature and relevant archival collections, especially those of the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) and the U .S. Department of State’s Foreign Relations of the United States (FRUS), Ambassador Maior also worked extensively with the declassified documents of Romania’s wartime and immediate postwar espionage agency, the Special Intelligence Service (Serviciul Special de Informa?ii: SSI). Maior also had unprecedented access to previously unpublished materials from the personal archive of Frank Wisner’s son, the leading American diplomat Frank G. Wisner, II. The picture that emerges is one of danger and stealth, a real-life spy thriller unfolding just as the Cold War began.

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Author:   George Cristian Maior
Publisher:   Academica Press
Imprint:   Academica Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 22.60cm
Weight:   0.465kg
ISBN:  

9781680530803


ISBN 10:   1680530801
Pages:   265
Publication Date:   30 October 2018
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock   Availability explained
The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available.

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