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Overview

“A Spy’s Journey is a pleasure to read, the most personable memoir by a senior spy since David Atlee Phillips’ 1977 classic The Night Watch. If you wonder what it’s like to breakfast on moose lips and vodka in Mongolia, this is your book.”

—New York Times Book Review

“One of the best CIA memoirs published in a long while, this excellent introduction to the world of espionage is recommended for all collections.”

—Library Journal

“In A Spy’s Journey, CIA veteran Floyd Paseman reveals his fascinating career in Cold War covert operations in Asia and Europe from the 1960s to the present. Dedicated and determined, Paseman mastered espionage methods and difficult foreign languages in order to defend American policies and values from Soviet, Chinese Communist, and terrorist threats. His courage and tradecraft skills make this book an insightful read.”

—Dr. Ralph E. Weber,

Professor of History Emeritus, Marquette University

Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780760320662
  • Publisher: MBI Publishing Company
  • Publication date: 1/15/2005
  • Pages: 320
  • Sales rank: 1,247,723
  • Product dimensions: 6.00 (w) x 9.00 (h) x 0.85 (d)

Meet the Author

Floyd L. Paseman retired from the Central Intelligence Agency in January 2001 following a thirty-five year career in operations. Now deceased, following his retirement he lived in Williamsburg, Virginia, where he worked as an international security consultant.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted February 15, 2005

    A CIA Primer: 'A Spy's Journey'

    In 'A Spy¿s Journey: A CIA Memoir,' Floyd Paseman, a recently retired senior CIA executive, has provided us with a very useful and highly readable account of his 34 years in ¿The Company,¿ from trainee to senior executive. As he writes of his progressing career as a top spy recruiter for the Directorate of Operations, he guides the reader to other published works about particular eras and controversies over the years 1967 to the present: the astute reader will see that Paseman has written both a primer on espionage craft and a syllabus for an orderly study of the CIA¿s history, with each Central Intelligence Director, from Richard Helms to George Tenet, profiled for their strengths and weaknesses. He also describes the relations between each president and the agency in historical sequence. Importantly, Paseman tells you exactly what¿s right and wrong with the CIA and tells you who is to blame (the Clinton Administration, most recently) and who is to be praised, notably George Tenet for his efforts to revive the craft of intelligence gathering. Was the 9/11 attack an intelligence failure? ¿Of course,¿ he replies and points to our continuing vulnerabilities. If one reads this in conjunction with Michael Scheuer¿s ¿Imperial Hubris: Why the West is Losing the War on Terror,¿ you get a sense for just how complex must be our response to the challenge of Islamist terrorism. And that war is a challenge that cannot be met merely with CIA/military/homeland security operations. Other allies and agencies have to help infiltrate and ¿roll up¿ terrorist cells and networks, while economic and educational initiatives leading towards better career opportunities work to remove ¿fuel from the fire¿ that is angry young Islam. Paseman, recognized in his agency as one of the best recruiters of foreign spies during his years in Taiwan, Japan, Burma, Greece, Thailand, Singapore and Germany; found that one good tool was his ability to form bluegrass bands during his postings. On the home front, he offers tips on how to know what¿s going on inside the shop. His version of ¿the water cooler¿ is to keep one¿s ears open in the company restrooms and to patrol aggressively for coffee around other staff groups: ¿being available.¿ Paseman has a genius for the instructive anecdote and they range well beyond the restroom and coffee pot and the reader will be rewarded richly for perusing Mr. Paseman¿s book.

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