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"A rare and masterful glimpse into the inner workings of the clandestine service ... But more than that, his story is an account of extraordinary personal courage that sets a standard for those who would call themselves intelligence officers."
--Porter Goss, former Director of the Central Intelligence Agency
"Arguably the best book I have ever read on the agency ... and I've read practically all of them."
--Larry Cosgriff, Maritime Lens
"The stuff of great spy fiction ... a must-read."
--David Pitt, Booklist Online
"The memoir of a true patriot ... a fascinating look into the motivations and everyday life of a highly decorated CIA operative ... who gave his life--almost literally--to serve our country in ambiguous and dangerous circumstances that we everyday people cannot truly appreciate."
--Gregory Herbert
"Remarkable! Thank you for all the work Mountain Lake Press did in bringing this inspiring CIA Officer's autobiography into print in the manner it long deserved."
--Elizabeth Bancroft, Executive Director, Association of Former Intelligence Officers
"Clear and engaging ... Holm corrects the media's portrayal of spying operations as car chases punctuated by martinis shaken-not-stirred and disregard for American laws and values."
--André Le Gallo, former senior CIA officer and author of Satan's Spy
"A terrific book--required reading! His story magnifies the importance of human intelligence in warfare, and is demonstrable of the valor of our clandestine services."
--Frank Gaffney, Secure Freedom Radio
"Something worth being grateful for--both the book itself and the actual decades of service detailed in its pages."
--Ronnie Rittenberry, Security Products magazine
"An absorbing trip through the mind of a gifted operative who for 35 years did his difficult and sometimes dangerous job to heroic effect ... One might say America was lucky to have him."
--Charles McCarry, The Wall Street Journal
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Readers and reviewers alike are praising this unflinching chronicle of the remarkable career of Richard L. Holm. Beginning with his training days at the Central Intelligence Agency's fabled Farm in southern Virginia, and his paramilitary missions in Southeast Asia in the early 1960s, Holm describes his harrowing and extraordinary struggle for survival in the jungle of central Africa's Congo, his prolonged and painful rehabilitation, his return to service and work to recruit agents to spy on China and the Soviet Union, his shepherding of the agency's first counterterrorism efforts, his fight to rein in a political investigation gone amok, and his receipt of the Distinguished Intelligence Medal, the agency's highest award. Recalling assignments that took him to four continents in the service of his country, under 13 CIA directors, Holm gives readers a unique and highly engaging look at the pursuit of intelligence by the men and women of the nation's clandestine service -- and how that pursuit affected their families. The Craft We Chose is a straightforward, penetrating account that is quickly taking its place among the best books ever about life in the CIA.
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