An Ordinary Guy A Philippine Spy

Author : Andy Gilbrook
Publisher : Ingramspark
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2024-02-03
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1739456742

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AN ORDINARY GUY A PHILIPPINE SPY by Andy Gilbrook Pdf

United Kingdom, Secret Intelligence Service. A story based on real events. Few people are deemed smart enough to be selected and trained as a spy for Her Majesty's Government, and fewer qualify. The Author is one such man, who uniquely, was chosen at the age of 16, the only person still to pass selection without an education through the university system. Carefully written to avoid revealing government secrets, this is his personal story, thrilling, surprising and an eye opener into the life of, An Ordinary Guy, A Philippine Spy. In this Andy's third book, he describes how while a controller for MI6, he was given the task to take over the control of spies in the Philippines from 1975 to 1986. His predecessor, who was retiring from the Service, passed him the file on the subject, but Andy felt he needed to start from scratch. He set himself an impossible timescale to recruit people inside places in Manila who could report the situation during the dictatorship of the Marcos regime. Andy describes in a very clear way how he never needed to bribe, blackmail or persuade in a way against the will of each individual to pass him information. He could receive a complete picture of the goings-on during those turbulent times. Andy himself would admit, much of his recruitment was due to incredible luck. If you have the skill to manipulate people do you need luck? You make your own.

Author : Andrew Gilbrook
Publisher : tredition
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2019-09-09
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9783749738069

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An Ordinary Guy, An Unknown Spy by Andrew Gilbrook Pdf

The United Kingdom. A story based on real events. Few people are deemed smart enough to be selected and trained as a spy for Her Majesty's Government, fewer qualify. The Author is one such man, who uniquely, was chosen at the age of 16, the only person still to pass selection without an education through the university system. Andy describes his unbelievable life, from the beginning, as a child, playing in the woods and fields around his home in Maple Cross, Hertfordshire, learning the skills he had no idea he would need in his future spy world, tracking, moving silently and invisibly, undetected. His career ended, leaving him suffering Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, after facing interrogation, torture and being stood in front of a firing squad in war-torn Angola, he escaped by stealing a small aircraft piloting, alone and injured, 700 miles to safety with only 4 hours unqualified flying experience. He faced the rest of his life knowing a dark secret had to be kept from everyone he knew. Only in 2012, when he was informed his ex-MI6 secretary had died from cancer, close to breaking down mentally, did he finally decide to reveal his secret life to his friends and family to release the buried secrets from his struggling sanity. A risky choice, one he did not take lightly, but he knew deep inside it was the only way forward for his peace of mind. Carefully written to avoid revealing any government secrets, this is his personal story, thrilling, surprising and an eye-opener into the life of, An Ordinary Guy, who truly was, An Unknown Spy.

Author : Vicente L. Rafael
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2018-05-31
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781501718878

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Figures of Criminality in Indonesia, the Philippines, and Colonial Vietnam by Vicente L. Rafael Pdf

A complex examination of "criminality" and "the criminal" as constructs and active presences in Southeast Asia. Contributors explore such themes as surveillance, incarceration, law and custom, secrecy, and corruption. A fascinating study of power and subversion in the modern postcolonial nation-state. Contributors include Daniel S. Lev, Henk M. J. Maier, Rudolf Mrazek, James T. Siegel, and others.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1384 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1903
Category : Philippines
ISBN : NYPL:33433034025852

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Elihu Root Collection of United States Documents Relating to the Philippine Islands by Anonim Pdf

Author : Benedict J. Kerkvliet
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : History
ISBN : 0742518701

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Everyday Politics in the Philippines by Benedict J. Kerkvliet Pdf

Focusing on a rice farming village in central Luzon, Kerkvliet argues that the faction and patron-client relationships dealt with by conventional studies are only one part of Philippine political life.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 892 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1954-09
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UTEXAS:059173010972604

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Newsweek by Anonim Pdf

Author : Andrew Gilbrook
Publisher : tredition
Page : 201 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2020-09-07
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9783347096462

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An Ordinary Guy, Operation Saponify by Andrew Gilbrook Pdf

The United Kingdom, Spain, Chile. A story based on real events. Few people are thought smart enough to be selected and trained as a spy for Her Majesty's Government, fewer qualify. The Author is one such man, who uniquely, was chosen at the age of 16, still the only person to pass selection without an education through the university system and one so young. In this, Andy's second book, he describes one short operation that could have stopped the Falklands War with Argentina. SAS were in position, only the final go-ahead was needed from Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. She chose to fight the war. Perhaps if the PM had decided to give Operation Saponify a chance, 907 soldier's lives would have been saved. The operation was born from a personal project over many years to find escaped WWII Nazis, using highly classified documents, only available to those inside the service and information supplied by the CIA. Would he find the top Nazi? If he did, history would have to be rewritten. One Nazi Andy did find was murdered by a little known group in France "The Avengers" after Andy deliberately passed them information. This Nazi's subsequent murder proved the existence of a mole inside MI6, London. In 2012, he was informed Karen had died from cancer, did he finally decide to reveal his secret life to his

Author : J. David Joyce
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2009-02
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781440119187

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Not Quite an Ordinary Life by J. David Joyce Pdf

Full of wisdom and honesty, Not Quite an Ordinary Life shares the rather extraordinary life of J. David Joyce, a common man who took the common man's journey through life. One of eight children born to an Irish Catholic housepainter and his wife, Joyce grew up in the midst of poverty in a small New York town. In his youth, he endured (and survived) Catholic school, dealt with his father's addiction to morphine, and learned the importance of hard work. As an adult, he served a tour of duty in Vietnam, suffered through financial difficulties, and mourned the death of his only son. Yet through it all, Joyce continued to believe in a better life for himself and his family. His middle class success included a solid marriage, wonderful children, advanced education, and worldwide travel. He enjoyed a twenty-year career in the US Air Force working in foreign intelligence collection and analysis, as well as being a counselor to veterans. In later years, he became an IRS agent and finished his working life as an accountant. Rich with detail and brimming with emotion, Not Quite an Ordinary Life reveals one man's strength and courage against the odds and his remarkable zest in pursuing the American dream.

Author : Ben Montgomery
Publisher : Chicago Review Press
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2016-10-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781613734339

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Leper Spy by Ben Montgomery Pdf

The GIs called her Joey. Hundreds owed their lives to the tiny Filipina who stashed explosives in spare tires, tracked Japanese troop movements, and smuggled maps of fortifications across enemy lines. As the Battle of Manila raged, Josefina Guerrero walked through gunfire to bandage wounds and close the eyes of the dead. Her valor earned her the Medal of Freedom, but what made her a good spy was also destroying her: leprosy, which so horrified the Japanese they refused to search her. After the war, army chaplains found her in a nightmarish leper colony and fought for the US government to do something it had never done: welcome a foreigner with leprosy. This brought her celebrity, which she used to publicly speak for other sufferers. However, the notoriety haunted her and she sought a way to disappear. Ben Montgomery now brings Guerrero's heroic accomplishments to light.

Author : Philippines. Congress (1940-1973). Senate
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1948
Category : Philippines
ISBN : UCAL:C2949990

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Republic of the Philippines Congressional Record by Philippines. Congress (1940-1973). Senate Pdf

Author : Isagani R. Medina
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Espionage
ISBN : UOM:39015058127732

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Espionage in the Philippines, 1896-1902, and Other Essays by Isagani R. Medina Pdf

Author : Yahya R. Kamalipour
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 493 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2019-07-05
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781538121665

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Global Communication by Yahya R. Kamalipour Pdf

Global Communication: A Multicultural Perspective, Third Edition brings together diverse issues and expert perspectives of twenty-two notable and accomplished communication scholars, representing eight countries around the world. Together they discuss international communication, public relations and advertising, cultural implications of globalization, international law and regulation, transnational media, the shifting politics of media, trends in communication and information technology, and much more. The Third Edition is fully updated to reflect major events that have impacted our global communication environment. Three new chapters on “global journalism” and “gender, ethnicity, and religion,” and “Shifting Politics in Global Media and Communication” have been added to make this volume more comprehensive. This book will help students understand the emergence of globalization and its effects on a worldwide scale. Features: Contributors represent Canada, Croatia, Holland, India, Germany, Sweden, Turkey, and the United States. End-of-chapter questions are updated and intended to stimulate classroom discussion. An expanded key terms and acronyms used in the book are included. An updated and comprehensive list of suggested readings provides students and instructors further information about the issues covered in this book. Helpful Internet links to information relevant to topics discussed are suggested throughout the book.

Author : Carlos Quirino
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Americans
ISBN : STANFORD:36105081663283

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Chick Parsons, America's Master Spy in the Philippines by Carlos Quirino Pdf

Author : Jules Lombard
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2012-05-21
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781477113844

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Sons, Daughters and Wine Tasters by Jules Lombard Pdf

Angela OLeary, a former guest relations officer and high-class call girl in Manila, falls in love with a Jersey City policeman, who is slain in a street melee. This book follows the twists and turns of Angelas life up to and including her budding romance with Phil Mejia, a complex character more than twenty-five years her senior. It also follows the lives of others with equally complicated lives and psyches, people who are in some way connected to the slain policeman and the ensuing trial of the two brothers accused of murdering the policeman. As well as the life of a Muslim spy known as Wine Taster.

Author : Dean C. Worcester
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 663 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2023-11-12
Category : History
ISBN : EAN:8596547719267

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The Philippines - Past and Present (Vol. 1&2) by Dean C. Worcester Pdf

The Philippines Past and Present in 2 volumes is a historical work by Dean C. Worcester, Philippine Commission member who at that point held the position of Secretary of the Interior of the Philippine Islands. Worcester was an avid photographer during his time in the Philippines and his photographs had a profound influence in shaping public opinion in the United States about the "exotic" Filipinos. In this work Worcester again used the power of his photography to depict "primitive" Filipinos juxtaposed with photos of the modern infrastructure brought by the Americans, particularly during his own tenure as Secretary of the Interior.