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Author:   Jonna Mendez
Publisher:   PublicAffairs,U.S.
Imprint:   PublicAffairs,U.S.
Dimensions:   Width: 16.00cm , Height: 3.20cm , Length: 23.60cm
Weight:   0.526kg
ISBN:  

9781541703124

ISBN 10:   154170312
Pages:   320
Publication Date:   25 April 2024
Audience:   General/trade ,  College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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"""An extraordinarily brave and entertaining book. Jonna Mendez shows us that one of the CIA's biggest secrets was its treatment of women and the consequences not only for its officers, but the nation it was supposed to serve.""--Sonia Purnell, New York Times-bestselling author of A Woman of No Importance ""Few outside the intelligence community understand the pressures and deceptions involved in spying. Even fewer know what it means to navigate this world while also fighting against discrimination. But all that secrecy can take a toll. In this book, Jonna Mendez takes a risk that she never could in her spying days--to tell the full and unvarnished truth.""--Valerie Plame, bestselling author of Fair Game and Burned ""In this refreshingly personal account, Jonna Mendez uses stories from her amazing 25 year CIA career to shed light on everything from clandestine photographic operations to decades of sexism at the Agency to mind-blowing disguise technology. A must-read for anyone interested in intelligence.""--David Priess, former CIA officer and author of The President's Book of Secrets ""Who can imagine James Bond without secret weapons, tricky cars and disguises? Meet Jonna, the CIA's version of Q and the first woman to master the many skills of deception and spy craft. With more than a decade of undercover operations, I had met only a few of the Agency's rare, but storied technical officers -- the ones responsible for many of the most sensitive, elaborate activities. In True Face had me glued to the pages until I finished in one sitting! This is a rare glimpse at the Spy-vs-Spy that won the Cold War and wages still. A must-read and inspiration to women who fear not.""--Mary Beth Long, former Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs ""Fans of true espionage will enjoy Mendez's stories of a formative era in intelligence history.""--Kirkus ""Mendez details her fascinating career in this gripping memoir... an entertaining and enlightening glimpse inside the opaque world of spycraft.""--Publishers Weekly"

"""Mendez details her fascinating career in this gripping memoir... an entertaining and enlightening glimpse inside the opaque world of spycraft.""--Publishers Weekly"

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Jonna Mendez is a former Chief of Disguise with over twenty-five years of experience as a CIA officer working in Moscow and other sensitive areas. With her late husband Tony Mendez, she is the bestselling coauthor of Argo, The Moscow Rules, and Spy Dust.

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