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Autore |
Helms Cynthia |
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Titolo |
An intriguing life [[electronic resource] ] : a memoir of war, Washington, and marriage to an American spymaster / / Cynthia Helms, with Chris Black |
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Lanham, : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, c2013 |
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ISBN |
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1-283-94038-8 |
1-4422-2132-1 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (225 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Political culture - Washington (D.C.) - History - 20th century |
Women immigrants - United States |
World War, 1939-1945 - Participation, Female |
England Biography |
Washington (D.C.) Biography |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; 1 In Search of a Life of My Own; 2 Maldon; 3 World War II and the Boat Crew Wrens; 4 Coming to America; 5 Annus Horribilis; 6 Mrs. Richard Helms; 7 Two Oaths; 8 Exploring the World; 9 The Legal Case; 10 Life Goes On; Acknowledgments; Index; About the Authors |
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From wartime England to Nixon's America and beyond, Cynthia Helms was witness to some of the seminal events of our time-Vietnam, Watergate, and especially the demoralization of the CIA in the 1970s for political purposes. Opening with her feminist "epiphany" in 1968 (the annus horribilus as she describes it) that led her to end her first marriage of 24 years, this memoir reveals a world where appearances always had to be questioned, where rumors and gossip carried the weight of intrigue. </ |
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