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Summary: Fast-paced & Factual
Review: This book is fast-paced by keeping the facts brief and relevant. It's not an expose so much as a pleasant example of an agent who is sharing his more interesting missions in a catchy, intriguing style. A quick, worthwhile read.
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Summary: This is a great book....
Review: This is a good book. It takes you into the world of a real life spy!!! He is a master of disguise and this book is very interesting. A must read......
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Summary: Not enough meat here
Review: Unfortunately, because of the author's position as a forger and disguise-master, he didn't get the plum assignments. No tales of break-ins or derring-do here, but rather hours spent behind a magnifying glass creating documents. The most exciting cases here involve exfiltrating spies and others from behind unfriendly territory. This usuallly involves making a mask for them and walking through an airport. In fact, there's about 3 tales of making masks and walking through airports ... and the author can't tell you the details of the masking technique, because it's secret. I can't help but think that any CIA spook who did see REAL adventure couldn't tell about it anyway because it would be classified. So this is the best we'll get. I'll stick with John LeCarre.
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Summary: Mendez is CIA's Propaganda Tool
Review: Very soon after starting reading the book I realised that this is a classic, but not uncommon, way for Intelligence agencies to back-track and cover certain operational techniques and mistakes made in these ops. As far as StdOPProc's are concerned, there are many amateurish attemps to explain the workings ofcomplex operations, both tactical & strategic. I have just a little background and can tell you, for sure, that this attempt follows other major intelligence players in the disinformation game.
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Summary: Highly Recommended
Review: What a great book! And not just for us "inside the beltway." Full of interesting technical information, operational background and personality. I highly recommend this over and above any fiction writer. They fail to invent themes and spies, grasping for the hook to make a reader buy their books about subs, Red Storms and the like, he invented, in some instances to save his life and the lives of others, real solutions to real life problems. The details, the lives, and the problems are detailed very clearly, cleanly, and openly.
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