| Description |
1 online resource (219 pages) : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Contents |
Descent into hell -- American as apple pie -- I spy -- The frame-up -- Back with the Company -- Down on the Farm -- Undercover -- Our man in Havana -- Red Square -- A double life -- Dirty tricks -- Going dark -- Trapped -- No way out -- Flight -- Framed -- In hell -- Doing time -- Survival -- Rebirth |
| Summary |
"Verne Lyon was recruited by the CIA to spy on college professors and fellow students as part of Operation CHAOS, a massive surveillance program at the height of the Vietnam War. He was later sent to Cuba to subvert the Castro regime. He tried to quit and landed in Leavenworth. His memoir details his journey through the secret workings of the U.S. government"--Publisher's description |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Lyon, Verne, 1943-
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United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
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United States. Central Intelligence Agency. |
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United States Penitentiary in Leavenworth, Kansas -- Biography.
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United States Penitentiary in Leavenworth, Kansas. |
| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| Subject |
Spies -- United States -- Biography.
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Spies. |
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United States. |
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Espionage, American -- Cuba.
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Espionage, American. |
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Cuba. |
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Espionage, American -- Cuba -- History -- 20th century.
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
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Prisoners -- Kansas -- Leavenworth -- Biography.
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Kansas -- Leavenworth. |
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Aeronautical engineers -- United States -- Biography.
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Aeronautical engineers. |
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Americans -- Cuba -- Biography.
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Americans. |
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- International. |
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- International Relations -- General. |
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Prisoners. |
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Political. |
| Chronological Term |
1900-1999 |
| Genre/Form |
Autobiography.
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Biography.
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Autobiographies.
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History.
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Autobiographies.
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Biographies.
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| Added Author |
Zwerling, Philip, author.
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| Added Title |
Memoir of an American spy betrayed by the CIA |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Lyon, Verne, 1943- Eyes on Havana. Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., [2018] 1476670900 9781476670904 (OCoLC)988281421 |
| ISBN |
9781476630793 (electronic book) |
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1476630798 (electronic book) |
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9781476670904 |
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1476670900 |
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