For Lust of Knowing: Memoirs of an Intelligence Officer - Hardcover

Roosevelt, Archie

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0316756008 ISBN 13: 9780316756006

Publisher: Little Brown & Co, 1988

Synopsis

An Arabic scholar and former CIA operative offers an informed perspective of the Islamic world, recounting his career in the intelligence service and the important political figures he has met along the way

About this title

From Library Journal:

This is a charming, anecdotal report of a life spent in intelligence work in the Middle East and Africa. Grandson of one president and nephew of another, Roosevelt attended Groton and Harvard. He demonstrated a serious approach to learning "exotic" foreign languages and cultures, and a sensitive interest in the people and places he encountered. He says little about his specific activites in World War II military intelligence and post-war CIA work, but portrays the history and atmosphere of the region in lively sketches. Concluding chapters discuss his commitment to preserving American values and his views on the CIA. But the book appeals largely through colorful stories and fascinating personalities. Recommended. Elizabeth R. Hayford, Associated Colls. of the Midwest, Chicago
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About this edition

• Publisher: Little Brown & Co
• Publication date: 1988
• ISBN 10: 0316756008
• ISBN 13: 9780316756006
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 500