Pot Shards: Fragments of a Life Lived in CIA, the White House, and the Two Koreas

Donald P. Gregg

Description

Pot Shards is a memoir, based on the author's memorable experiences. He served as a CIA's agent on the island of Saipan, during ten years in Japan, a tour in Burma, four years tied up in the Vietnam War, two tours in Korea, the second time as ambassador, and ten years in the White House, where he worked for Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, and George H. Bush.

Sujets

• American Government
• Political Science

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• Publié par: eBookIt.com
• Date de parution: 12 septembre 2014
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9780990447184
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 46 Mo

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With my love and thanks
For the joys of many yearsContents
Preface
Thanks and Recollections
PART ONE: EARLY LIFE
1
Abenaki Scalps and a Street Fight in Circleville
2
Texas Talk and a Takeshita Takedown
3
Fraternities and Philosophy at Williams
PART TWO: INTELLIGENCE
4
Jumping Out of an Airplane for the CIA
5
The Stunning Young Woman in a Crowded Taxi
6
A Glimpse of the Infinite from an Idaho Blue Jay
7
Jack Downey’s Tragic Mission
8
Happy Years in Japan
PHOTO GALLERY I
9
JFK and Vietnam
10
Lurching Toward Catastrophe
11
Burmese Days12
Searching for a Crippled Boy
13
Fort Apache
PHOTO GALLERY II
14
The Abduction of Kim Dae-jung
15
President Park Chung-hee: Too Long in Power
16
The Pike Committee and the Carter White House
PART THREE: WHITE HOUSE YEARS
17
The White House Years with Reagan and Bush
18
Travels with Bush
19
Denis Thatcher and the Missing Brassiere
PHOTO GALLERY III
20
The Puzzling Case of Richard Nixon
21
The Finnish Connection
PART FOUR: DIPLOMACY AND ATTENDANT TRAVAILS
22
Ambassador in Seoul
PHOTO GALLERY IV
23
Iran-Contra: Snakes in the Cellar for Seven Years24
October Surprise
PART FIVE: BACK TO THE PRIVATE SECTOR
25
Korea Society Years
26
Kids to Korea
27
Epiphany in Long Beach
28
Six Trips to Pyongyang
PHOTO GALLERY V
29
Jazz
30
A Stint at Goldman Sachs
31
The Dangers of Demonization
GratitudePreface
His hair was glossy, his handshake firm and dry, his glance hard and inquisitive.
The few seconds in which I had his full attention left me with an indelible
impression. That was John F. Kennedy at the White House, 1962, talking about
counterinsurgency and the Vietnam War.
The CIA officer’s hair and eyelashes were burned away, his skin was charred,
but his eyes were open and his blistered lips moved. “This is what I’ve been
looking for,