Eyes on Havana : memoir of an American spy betrayed by the CIA /

Lyon, Verne, 1943-

Eyes on Havana : memoir of an American spy betrayed by the CIA / Memoir of an American spy betrayed by the CIA Verne Lyon with Philip Zwerling. - Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland and Company, Incorporated, (c)2018. - 1 online resource (219 pages) : illustrations

Includes bibliographies and index.

Descent into hell -- American as apple pie -- I spy -- The frame-up -- Back with the Company -- Down on the Farm -- Undercover -- Our man in Havana -- Red Square -- A double life -- Dirty tricks -- Going dark -- Trapped -- No way out -- Flight -- Framed -- In hell -- Doing time -- Survival -- Rebirth

"Verne Lyon was recruited by the CIA to spy on college professors and fellow students as part of Operation CHAOS, a massive surveillance program at the height of the Vietnam War. He was later sent to Cuba to subvert the Castro regime. He tried to quit and landed in Leavenworth. His memoir details his journey through the secret workings of the U.S. government"-- Publisher's description.



9781476630793


Lyon, Verne, 1943-


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Electronic Books.

UB271 / .E947 2018