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The rope-dancer [Hardcover]

Victor Marchetti (Author)

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Hardcover: 361 pages
Publisher: Grosset & Dunlap; 1St Edition edition (1971)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0448024608
ISBN-13: 978-0448024608
Product Dimensions: 6.9 x 4.5 x 0.8 inches
Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces
Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #852,167 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful

Consider the source July 23, 2004

By James Clayton

Format:Hardcover

Victor Marchetti was neither English teacher nor professional writer. He was a CIA spook. The real deal.

When one reads of hits by what appears to be a mugger but for a professionally-silenced handgun, on a Washington, D.C. street, when there is an intelligence motive, consider that is how its done in the real world.

"The CIA and the Cult of Intelligence by Marchetti and Marks" is an important book, if one reads between the lines-- those blacked-out portions redacted by The Agency for "national security."

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3 of 8 people found the following review helpful

The Rope-Dancer January 10, 2002

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Format:Hardcover

Victor Marchetti's The Rope-Dancer is a poorly written suspense novel which I can't recommend. Littered with quotes from Nietzsche, it reads like a poorly written Ayn Rand novel (and yes, I'm aware of the redundancy of this remark) with characters to match. The themes of bureaucratic rivalry and in-fighting and the psychological 'insight' that egotism is a central component of a spy's psychological makeup are repeated throughout the 350+ pages. 'Critical' remarks about the conduct of the Vietnam war (published 1971) and an occasional operational tidbit are about all that I found interesting in this novel.

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