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# 4.4/5 star reader rating 20 years CIA counterintelligence saga Exclusive insider interviews Cold Warrior: James Jesus Angleton - Cia's Master Spy Hunter

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> 🕵️‍♂️ Unlock the secrets of the CIA’s shadowy past—don’t miss the spy story everyone’s whispering about!

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## Key Features

- • **Critically Acclaimed:** Praised by experts and readers alike for its gripping narrative and depth.
- • **Insider Access Unveiled:** Based on dozens of authorized interviews, revealing secrets rarely told.
- • **Authentic Vintage Condition:** Used book in good condition—own a piece of espionage history.
- • **Masterclass in Espionage History:** Dive deep into two decades of CIA's covert operations led by Angleton.
- • **Cult Status Among Intelligence Buffs:** A must-have for anyone fascinated by spycraft and Cold War intrigue.

## Overview

Cold Warrior: James Jesus Angleton - CIA's Master Spy Hunter is a compelling biography chronicling the enigmatic career of the CIA’s top counterintelligence officer over two decades. Drawing on exclusive insider interviews, this used book in good condition offers a rare glimpse into the paranoia, power struggles, and covert operations that shaped Cold War espionage, earning a strong 4.4-star rating from readers.

## Description

A biography of the spymaster who ran the CIA's counterintelligence operation for twenty years until his downfall

Review: Arguably the best book ever written about the CIA - Tom Mangold bases this exciting, well-crafted account not on newsclippings and surmise but on dozens of insider interviews. These interviews must have been authorized from "on high," so it is clear that the Agency had turned against Angleton, or at least had decided to clean up the mess he had left. At the same time, Mangold does not tell the full story. One cannot expect him to do so while maintaining access to all of those sources. For example, there is ample evidence that Angleton ran his own assassination squad. Mangold doesn't tell the story of Angleton's (probable) theft of J. Edgar Hoover's files, as told in Curt Gentry's biography of Hoover. And Mangold doesn't really emphasize the fact that Angleton's "fundamenalist" group included a lot of people outside the Agency. Still, for anyone interested in researching the most devious and fascinating of the founding CIA members -- someone whose paranoia was so destructive that he was eventually accused (wrongly) of being a KGB asset himself -- this book is essential.
Review: What to read - Good book

## Features

- Used Book in Good Condition

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
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| Customer Reviews | 4.4 out of 5 stars 33 Reviews |

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Arguably the best book ever written about the CIA
*by M***N on July 7, 2013*

Tom Mangold bases this exciting, well-crafted account not on newsclippings and surmise but on dozens of insider interviews. These interviews must have been authorized from "on high," so it is clear that the Agency had turned against Angleton, or at least had decided to clean up the mess he had left. At the same time, Mangold does not tell the full story. One cannot expect him to do so while maintaining access to all of those sources. For example, there is ample evidence that Angleton ran his own assassination squad. Mangold doesn't tell the story of Angleton's (probable) theft of J. Edgar Hoover's files, as told in Curt Gentry's biography of Hoover. And Mangold doesn't really emphasize the fact that Angleton's "fundamenalist" group included a lot of people outside the Agency. Still, for anyone interested in researching the most devious and fascinating of the founding CIA members -- someone whose paranoia was so destructive that he was eventually accused (wrongly) of being a KGB asset himself -- this book is essential.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ What to read
*by V***N on January 31, 2025*

Good book

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ a bit of a surprise
*by R***D on February 21, 2012*

I was expecting a book about James Jesus Angleton to be more of a chronological narrative of his life and career and to have something in it that explained some positives about the man/legend. I was quite surprised to read of one negative expose after another, listing and explaining Mr. Angleton's screwups while head of counterintelligence with the CIA and the damage he caused while in that position. I knew he had a big reputation and the book lists him as a master spy catcher, which if you read the book is an exercise in sarcasm at best. I am near the end of the book and have yet to read anything that would justify giving him that title. Even if he was chief of CI and not a KGB agent he did more damage to the CIA than if he was a KGB asset. At least according to the author. Mr. Mangold's writing is adequate, but the real test is whether the facts are those . . . facts and the nature of the topic always creates doubts, but I was interested in the time, history and information on the subject and the book was extremely informative with a huge listing of notes in the back and some in the chapters. A good read.

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