Originally published by Harper and Row in 1980, this clear-sighted volume blends historical events and autobiographical material in an attempt to explain how one individual American's search for a peaceful world led from the battlefield to the presidency of the United World Federalists, and finally to twenty-six years of active duty with the Central Intelligence Agency.
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I have great respect for Cord Meyer. This book only heightens my respect.>>>> (Huntington, Samuel P. George Bush )
...full of information, judicious, and well written. It is must reading for every serious student of today's world situation.>>>> (Huntington, Samuel P. Paul H. Nitze )
...an absorbing, balanced account of his life and the agency he served for 26 years...>>>> (Huntington, Samuel P. Edwin Warner In Time Magazine )
...important and unusual...As autobiography it is moving, as history illuminating, as assessment alarming, and as advocacy convincing. It deserves to be read carefully.>>>> (Huntington, Samuel P. )
...important and unusual...As autobiography it is moving, as history illuminating, as assessment alarming, and as advocacy convincing. It deserves to be read carefully. (Huntington, Samuel P. )
I have great respect for Cord Meyer. This book only heightens my respect. (Huntington, Samuel P. George Bush )
...full of information, judicious, and well written. It is must reading for every serious student of today's world situation. (Huntington, Samuel P. Paul H. Nitze )
...an absorbing, balanced account of his life and the agency he served for 26 years... (Huntington, Samuel P. Edwin Warner In Time Magazine )
...full of information, judicious, and well written. It is must reading for every serious student of today's world situation.>>>> (Huntington, Samuel P. Paul H. Nitze )
...an absorbing, balanced account of his life and the agency he served for 26 years...>>>> (Huntington, Samuel P. Edwin Warner In Time Magazine )
...important and unusual...As autobiography it is moving, as history illuminating, as assessment alarming, and as advocacy convincing. It deserves to be read carefully.>>>> (Huntington, Samuel P. )
...important and unusual...As autobiography it is moving, as history illuminating, as assessment alarming, and as advocacy convincing. It deserves to be read carefully. (Huntington, Samuel P. )
I have great respect for Cord Meyer. This book only heightens my respect. (Huntington, Samuel P. George Bush )
...full of information, judicious, and well written. It is must reading for every serious student of today's world situation. (Huntington, Samuel P. Paul H. Nitze )
...an absorbing, balanced account of his life and the agency he served for 26 years... (Huntington, Samuel P. Edwin Warner In Time Magazine )
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Prof. Meyer taught me how to be an intel spec. at Georgetown,
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This review is from: Facing Reality: From World Federalism to the CIA (Paperback)
Cord Meyer is a cult personality. Every american alive after 1945 should read this book
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