The Resource A drop of treason : Philip Agee and his exposure of the CIA, Jonathan Stevenson
A drop of treason : Philip Agee and his exposure of the CIA, Jonathan Stevenson
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The item A drop of treason : Philip Agee and his exposure of the CIA, Jonathan Stevenson represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in DC Public Library System.
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- Summary
- "As the first agent to publicly betray the CIA, Philip Agee was on the run for over forty years--a pariah akin to Edward Snowden. Agee revealed in spectacular detail what many had feared about the CIA's actions, but he also outed and endangered hundreds of agents. Agee relentlessly opposed the CIA and the regimes it backed, whether in America or around the world. In Jonathan Stevenson's words, Agee became "one of history's successful viruses: undeniably effective and impossible to kill." In this first biography of Agee, Stevenson will reveal what made Agee tick, and what made him run"--
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 337 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates
- Contents
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- A geopolitically charmed life
- The young spy
- The consolidation of dissidence
- Indefinite limbo
- Agee and the transatlantic Left
- Uneasy normalization
- Whipsawed, stalked, tired
- Posterity for a traitor
- Isbn
- 9780226356686
- Label
- A drop of treason : Philip Agee and his exposure of the CIA
- Title
- A drop of treason
- Title remainder
- Philip Agee and his exposure of the CIA
- Statement of responsibility
- Jonathan Stevenson
- Title variation
- Philip Agee and his exposure of the CIA
- Subject
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- Biographies
- Biographies
- Employees
- Intelligence officers
- Intelligence officers -- United States -- Biography
- Traitors
- Agee, Philip
- United States
- United States, Central Intelligence Agency
- United States, Central Intelligence Agency -- Officials and employees -- Biography
- Traitors -- United States -- Biography
- Agee, Philip
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "As the first agent to publicly betray the CIA, Philip Agee was on the run for over forty years--a pariah akin to Edward Snowden. Agee revealed in spectacular detail what many had feared about the CIA's actions, but he also outed and endangered hundreds of agents. Agee relentlessly opposed the CIA and the regimes it backed, whether in America or around the world. In Jonathan Stevenson's words, Agee became "one of history's successful viruses: undeniably effective and impossible to kill." In this first biography of Agee, Stevenson will reveal what made Agee tick, and what made him run"--
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- Biography type
- individual biography
- Cataloging source
- ICU/DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1956-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Stevenson, Jonathan
- Dewey number
- 327.12730092
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- plates
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- JK468.I6
- LC item number
- S748 2021
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Agee, Philip
- United States
- Intelligence officers
- Traitors
- Agee, Philip
- United States
- Employees
- Intelligence officers
- Traitors
- United States
- Label
- A drop of treason : Philip Agee and his exposure of the CIA, Jonathan Stevenson
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-325) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- Carrier MARC source
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- Content category
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- A geopolitically charmed life -- The young spy -- The consolidation of dissidence -- Indefinite limbo -- Agee and the transatlantic Left -- Uneasy normalization -- Whipsawed, stalked, tired -- Posterity for a traitor
- Control code
- on1199330565
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- 337 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780226356686
- Lccn
- 2020051819
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- Label
- A drop of treason : Philip Agee and his exposure of the CIA, Jonathan Stevenson
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-325) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- A geopolitically charmed life -- The young spy -- The consolidation of dissidence -- Indefinite limbo -- Agee and the transatlantic Left -- Uneasy normalization -- Whipsawed, stalked, tired -- Posterity for a traitor
- Control code
- on1199330565
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- 337 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780226356686
- Lccn
- 2020051819
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
Subject
- Biographies
- Biographies
- Employees
- Intelligence officers
- Intelligence officers -- United States -- Biography
- Traitors
- Agee, Philip
- United States
- United States, Central Intelligence Agency
- United States, Central Intelligence Agency -- Officials and employees -- Biography
- Traitors -- United States -- Biography
- Agee, Philip
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