Undaunted
My Fight Against America's Enemies, at Home and Abroad
Waterville, ME : Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, 2021.
Format: Large Print
Edition: Large print edition.
Description: 661 pages (large print) ; 22 cm.
"A powerful and revelatory memoir from former CIA director John Brennan, spanning his more than thirty years in government. In this brutaly honest memoir, Brennan describes the life that took him from being a young CIA recruit enamored with the mystique of spy work, to being the most powerful individual in American intelligence." -- Back cover.
Series: Thorndike Press large print biographies and memoirs.
Contents:
Friday, January 6, 2017 -- Jersey boy -- Coming of age -- Discovering the Middle East -- "So, you are interested in joining the CIA?" -- Out of operations -- John of Arabia -- Analyze this -- Countering terror -- Briefing the "first customers" -- Saudi Arabia redux -- Back at Langley during stormy times -- Falling short -- The challenge of a government "start-up" -- A new TAC(K) -- Joining the Obama team -- Working in the West Wing -- Taking life to save life -- The "pacer" of Abbottabad -- Factoring in fourth-order effects -- Second shot at the best job in government -- Stirring the CIA pot -- A tortured Senate report -- Oh, the people I've met -- Dealing with Russian intrigue -- What the hell just happened? -- Undaunted.
Subjects:
Brennan, John O., 1955-
United States. Central Intelligence Agency -- Officials and employees -- Biography.
United States. Central Intelligence Agency -- History -- 21st century.
United States. Central Intelligence Agency -- History -- 20th century.
Intelligence officers -- United States -- Biography.
Intelligence service -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Intelligence service -- United States -- History -- 21st century.
Large type books.
Brennan, John O., 1955-
United States. Central Intelligence Agency -- Officials and employees -- Biography.
United States. Central Intelligence Agency -- History -- 21st century.
United States. Central Intelligence Agency -- History -- 20th century.
Intelligence officers -- United States -- Biography.
Intelligence service -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Intelligence service -- United States -- History -- 21st century.
Large type books.
ISBN:
9781432885359
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