William D. Pawley: The Extraordinary Life of the Adventurer, Entrepreneur, and Diplomat Who Cofounded the Flying Tigers
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| Rating | : | 4.13 (889 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1597977144 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 432 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-11-11 |
| Language | : | English |
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A self-made millionaire with little education, he immersed himself in whatever business venture he chose and usually came out on top. Later, in an effort to discredit President John Kennedy, Pawley financed Operation Red Cross, a secret effort to help Russian missile officers defect from Cuba to the United States. When Dwight Eisenhower ran for president, Pawley switched parties, campaigned for Ike, and was later assigned to the State Department. William Douglas Pawley was a cross between Indiana Jones and Donald Trump. Carrozza’s in-depth biography looks at the extraordinary life of a man whose work influenced thirty critical years of American and inte
Anthony Carrozza’s biography of this extraordinary man offers a behind-the-scenes glimpse of the conspiracy and intrigue that characterized private and public U.S. "William Pawley is hardly a household name, but he was the consummate Cold War adventurer, diplomat, businessman, and wheeler-dealing American patriot. operations overseas during the tumultuous middle years of the twentieth century."—Tom Gjelten, author of Bacardi and the Long Fight for Cuba
Pawley was as Cassandra Carroza, Anthony R. 2012 William D. Pawley: The Extraordinary Life of the Adventurer, Entrepreneur, and Diplomat Who Cofounded the Flying Tigers Potomac Books Inc. Dulles, Virginia Hardcover - March 1, 2012 ISBN-10: 15979771Pawley was as Cassandra Laurence Daley Carroza, Anthony R. 2012 William D. Pawley: The Extraordinary Life of the Adventurer, Entrepreneur, and Diplomat Who Cofounded the Flying Tigers Potomac Books Inc. Dulles, Virginia Hardcover - March 1, 2012 ISBN-10: 1597977144 ISBN-13: 978-159797714Pawley was as Cassandra, one who for told a future dis. Pawley was as Cassandra Laurence Daley Carroza, Anthony R. 2012 William D. Pawley: The Extraordinary Life of the Adventurer, Entrepreneur, and Diplomat Who Cofounded the Flying Tigers Potomac Books Inc. Dulles, Virginia Hardcover - March 1, 2012 ISBN-10: 1597977144 ISBN-13: 978-159797714Pawley was as Cassandra, one who for told a future dis. ISBN-13: 978-15979771Pawley was as Cassandra Laurence Daley Carroza, Anthony R. 2012 William D. Pawley: The Extraordinary Life of the Adventurer, Entrepreneur, and Diplomat Who Cofounded the Flying Tigers Potomac Books Inc. Dulles, Virginia Hardcover - March 1, 2012 ISBN-10: 1597977144 ISBN-13: 978-159797714Pawley was as Cassandra, one who for told a future dis. Pawley was as Cassandra, one who for told a future dis. WDP bio Lots of detail on Flying Tigers pre-war role. Not so much re Cuba, JMWAVE, CIA, South and Central America era.. "A Well Researched Book" according to David Price Cannon. I have a somewhat different take on Pawley as outlined at my website williampawley.blogspot.com but Carrozza's book covers lots of ground and he was able to obtain insights and photos from family members of perhaps the most interesting man in the world in the 20th century.