"A literary triumph that uncovers some of the darkest secrets of
state while also revealing the human cost of a life led in service
to that secrecy."--Nina Burleigh, author of A Very Private Woman:
The Life and Unsolved Murder of Presidential Mistress Mary
Meyer"Every decade or so, a talented writer provides a genuinely
new glimpse into the CIA's shadowy history. Morley's account of
legendary spymaster Winston Scott chronicles a life led in secret,
stretching from the agency's founding through Scott's tenure as
station chief in Mexico City. Morley tells this story with literary
energy and an eye for the dark moments when intelligence stops
making sense."--Thomas Powers, author of The Man Who Kept the
Secrets: Richard Helms and the CIA"Here is a rare thing, a
biography of a C.I.A. chief that neither dodges shameful truths nor
throws gratuitous mud. Packed, to boot, with genuine revelations
about the crime of the century--the assassination of President
Kennedy. A tour-de-force!"--Anthony Summers, author of Not in Your
Lifetime
"Morley's book brilliantly explores the mystery of [what the CIA
knew of Oswald's Mexican activities]. . . . Morley uncovers enough
new material, and theorizes with such verve, that Our Man in Mexico
will go down as one of the more provocative titles in the
ever-growing library of Kennedy-assassination studies. . . . [It is
also] an enthralling account of Scott's career as one of America's
most accomplished spy masters. Morley memorably depicts not only
Scott's espionage exploits, from London in World War II to Mexico
City at the height of the Cold War, but also his complicated love
life and his ambitions as a poet."--Wall Street Journal"Extremely
well researched, thoughtfully presented, and crafted with laudable
forthrightness, with often painful insight and not a few lingering
questions."--The OSS Society Journal"An interesting book about a
complex man dealing with sensitive issues in and out of
government."--Intelligencer: Journal of U.S. Intelligence
Studies"Journalist Morley reveals the incredible career of Winston
Scott, who, among other posts, served as station chief for the CIA
in Mexico City for over a decade in the 1950s and 1960s. Scott was
there for the Bay of Pigs, and he was there when his people
followed Lee Harvey Oswald around the city just prior to November
1963. Scott allegedly had at least three Mexican presidents on his
payroll and generally had the run of the city while overseeing
covert espionage actions throughout central America. Morley's tale
is well told and helps us get a peek inside the highly secret world
of Cold War spying. Our limited knowledge of the era's espionage
activities in the Western Hemisphere is greatly enhanced by this
account. For all collections devoted to the Cold War and
espionage."--Library Journal
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