Anderson chronicles the exploits of four spies: Michael Burke, Frank Wisner, Peter Sichel, and Edward Lansdale. The four ran covert operations across the globe, trying to outwit the ruthless KGB in Berlin, parachuting commandos into Eastern Europe, plotting coups, and directing wars against Communist insurgents in Asia. But time and again their efforts went awry, thwarted by a combination of stupidity and ideological rigidity at the highest levels of the government-- and more profoundly, the decision to abandon American ideals. It culminated in an act of betrayal and cowardice that would lock the Cold War into place for decades to come.-- adapted from jacket
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