In true face: a woman's life in the CIA, unmasked
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"Jonna Hiestand Mendez began her CIA career as a zcontract wifey performing secretarial duties for the CIA as a convenience to her husband, a young officer stationed in Europe. She needed his permission to open a bank account or shut off the gas to their apartment. Yet Mendez had a talent for espionage, too, and she soon took on bigger and more significant roles at the Agency. She parlayed her interest in photography into an operational role overseas, an unlikely area for a woman in the CIA. Often underestimated, occasionally undermined, she lived under cover and served tours of duty all over the globe, rising first to become an international spy and ultimately to Chief of Disguise at CIA’s Office of Technical Service. In True Face recounts not only the drama of Mendez’s high-stakes work—how this savvy operator parlayed her zeverywomany appeal into incredible subterfuge—but also the grit and good fortune it took for her to navigate a misogynistic world. This is the story of an incredible spy career and what it took to achieve it"--
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Mendez, J. (2024). In true face: a woman's life in the CIA, unmasked. First edition. PublicAffairs, an imprint of Hachette Book Group, Inc.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Mendez, Jonna. 2024. In True Face: A Woman's Life in the CIA, Unmasked. PublicAffairs, an imprint of Hachette Book Group, Inc.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Mendez, Jonna, In True Face: A Woman's Life in the CIA, Unmasked. PublicAffairs, an imprint of Hachette Book Group, Inc, 2024.
MLA Citation (style guide)Mendez, Jonna. In True Face: A Woman's Life in the CIA, Unmasked. First edition. PublicAffairs, an imprint of Hachette Book Group, Inc, 2024.
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