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

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Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Kai Bird
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