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- catalog abstract ""Any serious study of the Vietnam War would be less than complete without accounting for the CIA's role in that conflict - a role that increased dramatically after the Tet Offensive in 1968." "John Sullivan was one of the CIA's top polygraph examiners during the final four years of the war in Vietnam, where he served longer and conducted more lie detector tests than any other examiner and worked with more agents than most of his colleagues. His job was to evaluate the reliability of the agency's information sources, an assignment that gave him a more intimate view of the war than was afforded most other participants." "Of Spies and Lies traces Sullivan's journey from dedication to disillusionment while serving in Southeast Asia. Although many CIA personnel lived better in Vietnam and made more money than ever before in their careers, their working conditions hindered effective intelligence gathering. A larger and far more distressing obstacle, however, was the agency's failure to send its "best and brightest" agents to Southeast Asia. On the contrary, as Sullivan notes, Vietnam became a kind of dumping ground for poor performers, alcoholics, refugees from bad marriages, and other "problem agents.""--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b12507518.
- catalog created "c2002.".
- catalog date "2002".
- catalog date "c2002.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2002.".
- catalog description ""Any serious study of the Vietnam War would be less than complete without accounting for the CIA's role in that conflict - a role that increased dramatically after the Tet Offensive in 1968." "John Sullivan was one of the CIA's top polygraph examiners during the final four years of the war in Vietnam, where he served longer and conducted more lie detector tests than any other examiner and worked with more agents than most of his colleagues. His job was to evaluate the reliability of the agency's information sources, an assignment that gave him a more intimate view of the war than was afforded most other participants." "Of Spies and Lies traces Sullivan's journey from dedication to disillusionment while serving in Southeast Asia. Although many CIA personnel lived better in Vietnam and made more money than ever before in their careers, their working conditions hindered effective intelligence gathering. A larger and far more distressing obstacle, however, was the agency's failure to send its "best and brightest" agents to Southeast Asia. On the contrary, as Sullivan notes, Vietnam became a kind of dumping ground for poor performers, alcoholics, refugees from bad marriages, and other "problem agents.""--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-238) and index.".
- catalog description "Introduction -- Perspectives on Vietnam -- The Agency -- On the road to Saigon -- Prime-time players -- The office -- Total immersion -- Respite and reality -- Saigon station -- Cambodia -- Operations, Vietnam style -- Diogenes in Vietnam -- Air America -- The light at the end of the tunnel -- Farewell -- Homecoming.".
- catalog extent "xvi, 250 p., [18] p. of plates :".
- catalog hasFormat "Of spies and lies.".
- catalog identifier "0700611681 (cloth : alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Of spies and lies.".
- catalog isPartOf "Modern war studies".
- catalog issued "2002".
- catalog issued "c2002.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Lawrence, Kan. : University Press of Kansas,".
- catalog relation "Of spies and lies.".
- catalog spatial "United States.".
- catalog subject "959.704/38 21".
- catalog subject "DS559.8.M44 S85 2002".
- catalog subject "United States. Central Intelligence Agency.".
- catalog subject "Vietnam War, 1961-1975 Secret service United States.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Introduction -- Perspectives on Vietnam -- The Agency -- On the road to Saigon -- Prime-time players -- The office -- Total immersion -- Respite and reality -- Saigon station -- Cambodia -- Operations, Vietnam style -- Diogenes in Vietnam -- Air America -- The light at the end of the tunnel -- Farewell -- Homecoming.".
- catalog title "Of spies and lies : a CIA lie detector remembers Vietnam / John F. Sullivan.".
- catalog type "text".