Ian Thomson

CIA spies lose faith

Scott Anderson describes how four ‘quiet American’ agents eventually despaired of their operations’ efficacy and morality during the Cold War

Edward Lansdale, the CIA operative considered by some to have been the model for Graham Greene’s Quiet American. Credit: Alamy

  • The Quiet Americans: Four CIA Spies at the Dawn of the Cold War — A Tragedy in Three Acts

    Scott Anderson

    Picador, pp. 576, £20

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