Title: Honorable men :
Authors: Colby, William Egan,; Forbath, Peter,
Date: 1978
Publisher: Simon and Schuster,
Physical description: 493 pages, 8 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language: English
LC class: J
Abstract: The veteran intelligence agent and former CIA director recalls the events, developments, and people of his career, describes the CIA's organization, workings, and procedures, and profiles famous and hazy world figures.
Contents: Prologue: the end of a career -- Parachutes to the underground -- Intelligence or the law -- A Scandinavian spy -- Covert politics in Italy -- Strategic hamlets in Vietnam -- Washington assignment -- and a secret war -- Coup and chaos in Saigon -- Fighting the people's war -- Phoenix and "peace" -- A changing agency -- and Watergate -- The family jewels -- Director of Central Intelligence -- Investigating the CIA -- Survival -- Epilogue: Constitutional intelligence for America.
Notes: Includes index.