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In True Face : A Woman's Life in the CIA, Unmasked by Jonna Mendez (2024, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherPublic Affairs
ISBN-10154170312X
ISBN-139781541703124
eBay Product ID (ePID)15061843392
Product Key Features
Book TitleIn True Face : a Woman's Life in the Cia, Unmasked
Number of Pages320 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2024
TopicWomen, Women in Politics, Espionage, American Government / General
IllustratorYes
GenrePolitical Science, True Crime, Biography & Autobiography
AuthorJonna Mendez
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1.1 in
Item Weight18.1 Oz
Item Length9.6 in
Item Width6.4 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2023-039156
Dewey Edition23
Reviews"Engaging and enlightening... This consistently absorbing book is a wonderful memoir that offers more than simply a compelling life story." -- BookPage, "Jonna Mendez's In True Face is more than just an autobiography; it is an essential piece of intelligence literature that provides a nuanced view of CIA operations through the eyes of one of its most innovative officers. As we turn the pages of her life story, we are reminded of the enduring impact of those who operate in the shadows, their legacies shaping not just the history of espionage but also the very fabric of international politics." -- Times of Israel, "I loved the book. Part adventure story, part real-life espionage novel, and part life journey, the book comes alive with Jonna's rich vignettes of a life and work overseas for the CIA. Most importantly, Jonna battled terrible institutional misogyny to rise from a contract spouse to Chief of Disguise at CIA, where she was a critical component of the CIA's espionage activities against our nation's toughest adversaries. Jonna's experiences will no doubt inspire the next generation of female CIA officers." -- Marc Polymeropoulos, former CIA operations officer, MSNBC national security analyst and author of Clarity in Crisis: Leadership Lessons from the CIA, "Engaging and enlightening, In True Face [is] an important addition to the canon of nonfiction books about an institution encrusted in myths created by movies, television, novels, hostile intelligence services and, occasionally, the agency itself." -- Washington Post, "In her best-selling new memoir, In True Face , the agency's onetime Chief of Disguise makes her 27-year intelligence career sound like a gender-switched Bond movie." -- The Week, "Mendez details her fascinating career in this gripping memoir... an entertaining and enlightening glimpse inside the opaque world of spycraft."-- Publishers Weekly
Dewey Decimal327.12730092
SynopsisIn this "extraordinarily brave and entertaining book" (Sonia Purnell, New York Times -bestselling author of A Woman of No Importance ), the bestselling coauthor of Argo tells her riveting, courageous story of being a female spy at the height of the Cold War Jonna Hiestand Mendez began her CIA career as a "contract wife" performing secretarial duties for the CIA as a convenience to her husband, a young officer stationed in Europe. She needed his permission to open a bank account or shut off the gas to their apartment. Yet Mendez had a talent for espionage, too, and she soon took on bigger and more significant roles at the Agency. She parlayed her interest in photography into an operational role overseas, an unlikely area for a woman in the CIA. Often underestimated, occasionally undermined, she lived under cover and served tours of duty all over the globe, rising first to become an international spy and ultimately to Chief of Disguise at CIA's Office of Technical Service. In True Face recounts not only the drama of Mendez's high-stakes work--how this savvy operator parlayed her "everywoman" appeal into incredible subterfuge--but also the grit and good fortune it took for her to navigate a misogynistic world. This is the story of an incredible spy career and what it took to achieve it., The bestselling coauthor of The Moscow Rules and Argo tells her riveting, courageous story of being a female spy at the height of the Cold War Jonna Hiestand Mendez began her CIA career as a "contract wife" performing secretarial duties for the CIA as a convenience to her husband, a young officer stationed in Europe. She needed his permission to open a bank account or shut off the gas to their apartment. Yet Mendez had a talent for espionage, too, and she soon took on bigger and more significant roles at the Agency. She parlayed her interest in photography into an operational role overseas, an unlikely area for a woman in the CIA. Often underestimated, occasionally undermined, she lived under cover and served tours of duty all over the globe, rising first to become an international spy and ultimately to Chief of Disguise at CIA's Office of Technical Service. In True Face recounts not only the drama of Mendez's high-stakes work-how this savvy operator parlayed her "everywoman" appeal into incredible subterfuge-but also the grit and good fortune it took for her to navigate a misogynistic world. This is the story of an incredible spy career and what it took to achieve it.
LC Classification NumberJK468.I6M466 2024
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