The Good Spy: The Life and Death of Robert Ames
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*The Good Spy: The Life and Death of Robert Ames* is a nonfiction biography that chronicles the career and assassination of CIA officer Robert Ames, exploring his pivotal role in Middle East diplomacy and intelligence.
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| instanceOf |
biography
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book → nonfiction book → |
| author |
Kai Bird
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| awarded |
Edgar Award for Best Fact Crime
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| basedOn |
archival research
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interviews → |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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| depicts |
U.S. intelligence operations in the Middle East
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back-channel diplomacy with Palestinian leaders → |
| describes |
assassination of Robert Ames
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career of Robert Ames → |
| focusesOnEvent |
1983 United States embassy bombing in Beirut
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| genre |
biography
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nonfiction → |
| hasFormat |
audiobook
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ebook → hardcover → paperback → |
| hasISBN |
9780307889751
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| hasSubject |
Lebanon
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Palestine Liberation Organization → United States foreign policy → |
| language |
English
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| mainSubject |
Central Intelligence Agency
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Middle East → Robert Ames → diplomacy → intelligence → |
| narrativePerspective |
third-person
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| notableFor |
detailed portrayal of Robert Ames’s role in Middle East diplomacy
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integration of biography and geopolitical history → |
| pages |
approximately 400
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| placeOfPublication |
New York City
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| publicationDate |
2014
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| publisher |
Crown
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| setIn |
Lebanon
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Middle East → United States → |
| subjectOccupation |
CIA officer
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intelligence officer → |
| timePeriodCovered |
1970s
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Cold War → early 1980s → |
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Kai Bird
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