02653nam 2200613Ia 450 991078616070332120200520144314.01-283-94038-81-4422-2132-1(CKB)2670000000329176(EBL)1108225(OCoLC)828187905(SSID)ssj0000804714(PQKBManifestationID)12346281(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000804714(PQKBWorkID)10823030(PQKB)11211995(MiAaPQ)EBC1108225(Au-PeEL)EBL1108225(CaPaEBR)ebr10643368(CaONFJC)MIL425288(EXLCZ)99267000000032917620120824d2013 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrAn intriguing life[electronic resource] a memoir of war, Washington, and marriage to an American spymaster /Cynthia Helms, with Chris BlackLanham Rowman & Littlefield Publishersc20131 online resource (225 p.)Includes index.1-4422-2131-3 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 AuthorsFrom 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. </Political cultureWashington (D.C.)History20th centuryWomen immigrantsUnited StatesBiographyWorld War, 1939-1945Participation, FemaleEnglandBiographyWashington (D.C.)BiographyPolitical cultureHistoryWomen immigrantsWorld War, 1939-1945Participation, Female.955/.05092BHelms Cynthia1531755Black Christine M1140586MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910786160703321An intriguing life3777644UNINA