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Shadow Warrior: William Egan Colby and the CIA

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Education, News, History

4.41.7K Ratings

🗓️ 19 November 2013

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

Historian Randall B. Woods of the University of Arkansas discusses his new biography of one of the most fascinating and controversial figures of the postwar period: William Egan Colby. World War II commando, Cold War spy, CIA station chief in Saigon, and ultimately CIA director under Presidents Nixon and Ford, Colby played a critical role in some of the most pivotal events in twentieth-century history. Despite his strong commitment to global democracy and economic and social justice, he was also drawn to the shadowy world of covert action… This event took place on April 18, 2013.

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0:00.0

You're listening to the CyberWireriefing from the International Spy Museum.

0:22.0

I'm Mark Stout, the Museum's historian.

0:24.4

Here at the museum, we get the most interesting authors,

0:26.8

including journalists, scholars, former spies, and intelligence officers

0:30.8

coming in to speak with our visitors

0:32.2

and answer questions about their latest

0:33.7

works dealing with espionage, intelligence, and other national security issues.

0:38.3

Please join me in listening to another of our selected hour-long author debriefings.

0:42.1

Well, ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the international selected hour long author debriefings.

0:43.0

Well, ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the International

0:45.0

Fine Museum.

0:46.0

I'm Mark Stow at the historian here, and I'm

0:48.1

very pleased today to announce that we have speaking,

0:51.2

Randall B Woods, who's the John A Cooper Distinguished Professor of History at the University of Arkansas.

0:57.0

He's not only a professor there at Arkansas, but previously, if I understand correctly, has been the Dean of Arts and Sciences as well.

1:04.0

So congratulations on getting back into actually doing real academic work.

1:09.8

Professor Woods has published numerous books, including Fulbright, a biography which came out in 1995

1:15.4

and which was nominated both for the Pulitzer Prize and also the National Book Award

1:19.7

and which won the Farrell and Led better prizes.

1:23.0

Most, more recently, he's the author in 2006 of L.B.J.

1:27.8

Architect of American Ambition.

1:31.0

And but today we're here to talk about his latest book just out on April 9th, I believe, Shadow Warrior, William Egan Colby and the CIA.

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