Master Of Disguise

For the first time the CIA has authorized a toplevel operative to tell all in an unforgettable behindthescenes look at espionage in action. an undisputed genius who could create an entirely new identity for anybody anywhere anytime Antonio J. Mendez combined the cunning tricks of a magician with the analytical insight of a psychologist to help hundreds of people escape potentially fatal situations. From Wild West adventures in East Asia to Cold War intrigue in Moscow and helping six Americans escape revolutionary Tehran in 1980 Mendez was on the scene. Here he gives us a privileged look at what really happens in the field and behind closed doors at the highest levels of international espionage some of it shocking frightening and wildly inventiveall of it unforgettable.