Excerpt from THE QUIET AMERICANS author Scott Anderson interview of Peter Sichel, former CIA spy during the early days of the Cold War, on how he tried to defend gay men in the CIA during the McCarthy era. Learn more: [ Ссылка ]

THE QUIET AMERICANS is a the gripping history of the early years of the Cold War, the CIA's covert battles against communism, and the tragic consequences which still affect America and the world today.

PRAISE FOR THE QUIET AMERICANS
“ENTHRALLING...Lying and stealing and invading, it should be said, make for captivating reading, especially in the hands of a storyteller as skilled as Anderson...the climate of fear and intolerance that it describes in Washington also feels uncomfortably timely. "
—Kevin Peraino, The New York Times Book Review

“Anderson’s look at four men who ran covert operations around the globe after World War II is AS THRILLING AS IT IS TRAGIC, as each man confronts the moral compromises he made in the name of democracy.”
—The Washington Post

“A DARKLY ENTERTAINING tale about American espionage, set in an era when Washington’s fear and skepticism about the agency resembles our climate today.“
—The New York Times

"In this sweeping, vivid, beautifully observed book, Scott Anderson unearths the devastating secret history of how the Unites States lost the plot during the Cold War. By focusing on the twisty, colorful lives of four legendary spies, Anderson distills the larger geopolitical saga into an intimate story of flawed but talented men, of the 'disease of empires,' and of the inescapable moral hazard of American idealism and power. It's a hell of a book, with themes about the unintended consequences of espionage and interventionism that still resonate, powerfully, today."
—Patrick Radden Keefe, author of SAY NOTHING

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