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Originally Posted by dwallbaum
No, not fiction... it is simply one of the very finest examples of history and current events writing I have seen -- oh, yeah.. you also learn how to smuggle AK47s into the US. Hint: it helps if you have a diplomatic passport.
Crile covers a huge amount of ground, but never once looses the reader, and all his digressions make perfect sense and add to the flavor and texture of the tale of this lone congressman and a cast-off CIA officer.
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Thanks for the recommendation. I had not thought to try this book but I think I'll get it and read it this weekend. It sounds much like a couple others I loved - David Halbersham's "The Best and The Brightest" and William Manchester's "The Glory and The Dream".