The sisterhood, the secret history of women at the CIA, Liza Mundy
Type
Label
The sisterhood, the secret history of women at the CIA, Liza Mundy
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
resource.biographical
contains biographical information
Illustrations
platesillustrations
Index
index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
The sisterhood
Nature of contents
bibliography
Oclc number
1380998178
Responsibility statement
Liza Mundy
Sub title
the secret history of women at the CIA
Summary
"The New York Times bestselling author of Code Girls reveals the untold story of how women at the CIA ushered in the modern intelligence age, a sweeping story of a "sisterhood" of women spies spanning three generations who broke the glass ceiling, helped transform spycraft, and tracked down Osama Bin Laden. Upon its creation in 1947, the Central Intelligence Agency instantly became one of the most important spy services in the world. Like every male-dominated workplace in Eisenhower America, the growing intelligence agency needed women to type memos, send messages, manipulate expense accounts, and keep secrets. Despite discrimination-even because of it-these clerks and secretaries rose to become some of the shrewdest, toughest operatives the agency employed. With the same meticulous reporting and storytelling verve that she brought to Code Girls, Liza Mundy has written an indispensable and sweeping history that reveals how women at the CIA ushered in the modern intelligence age"--, Provided by publisher
Table Of Contents
Prologue: The promise -- Part one: The assessment of men. Station W -- Get the food, Mary -- The clerk -- The diplomat's daughter -- Flaps and seals -- You had to wear a skirt -- Housewife cover -- The heist -- Incident management -- The vault women revolt -- Miss Marple of Russia house -- What are you going to do with the boat? -- Part two: Ladies doing analysis. The fiercely argued things -- Finding X -- You don't belong here -- A bright and attractive redhead -- Stress and a gray room -- The nicked earlobe -- "I've got a target on my back" -- September 11, 2001 -- Part three: Getting their guys. The threat matrix -- The new girls -- Putting warheads on foreheads -- Espionage is espionage -- I made bad people have bad days -- Anything to fit in -- Laundry on the line -- Epilogue
Target audience
adult
resource.variantTitle
Secret history of women at the CIASecret history of women at the Central Intelligence Agency