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The Book of Honor
Ted Gup
其他書名
The Secret Lives and Deaths of CIA Operatives
出版Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 2007-12-18
主題History / Military / United StatesPolitical Science / Intelligence & EspionageBiography & Autobiography / Military
ISBN03074281929780307428196
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=JiEoMA_mDJoC&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋A national bestseller, this extraordinary work of investigative reporting uncovers the identities, and the remarkable stories, of the CIA secret agents who died anonymously in the service of their country.

In the entrance of the CIA headquarters looms a huge marble wall into which seventy-one stars are carved-each representing an agent who has died in the line of duty. Official CIA records only name thirty-five of them, however. Undeterred by claims that revealing the identities of these "nameless stars" might compromise national security, Ted Gup sorted through thousands of documents and interviewed over 400 CIA officers in his attempt to bring their long-hidden stories to light. The result of this extraordinary work of investigation is a surprising glimpse at the real lives of secret agents, and an unprecedented history of the most compelling—and controversial—department of the US government.