HOT WAR, COLD WAR & BEYOND, Tales from the Trenches of the 20th Century
The Memoirs of Austin Goodrich
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In 1949, I asked my poly-sci teacher if he thought I might be able to get a job in the field of foreign affairs. This would get me into an area where I could best carry out my secret pledge made in combat to devote my life to the cause of world peace. He said he had heard they were hiring at the recently established Central Intelligence Agency, and suggested that I give them a call and mention his name. So after attending the signing of the North Atlantic Treaty (using a letter from my local newspaper editor for admission) I opened the phone book to CIA and dialed their number.
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The last three-quarters of the Twentieth Century probably had more life-changing events than all previous history. Austin Goodrich reflects on the role he played in driving this history to a successful conclusion in the interest of all he believed in. From a quiet street in a quiet middle-class midwestern city, Austin was thrown into the cauldron of World War II as an infantry man known in the old days as a gravel-clutcher. After serving in both the European and Pacific Theatres in the 86th Blackhawk Division, Goodrich pursued his WWII promise to serve the cause of world peace by joining the Central Intellegence Agency. The rest is history as told by one who participated in his country’s first line of defense as a CIA case offi er serving for most of his 25 years under non-official (deep) cover.
About the Author
After publication of his first memoir (Born to Spy; Recollections of a CIA Officer, iUniverse), 2004), Austin Goodrich decided to take a second look into his rear-view mirror, where he was surprised to find how much of his life and career in the Central Intelligence Agency had escaped his earlier notice. The result is recorded in these memoirs, organized alphabetically in the hope of creating some logical order in a shrunken world rent by chaotic change and seemingly irreconcilable conflicts that brought the world’s super powers to the brink of mutual extermination. Bon voyage!