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For over fifty years the CIA has closely guarded the identity of the first agent killed in the line of duty - the unnamed First Star on the outfit's Wall of Honor. That agent was Douglas Mackiernan. His unprecedented atomic intelligence operations helped shape both Central Asia and the CIA as we know them today. His work remains so sensitive that the Agency, even now, will neither confirm nor deny his existence. A riveting expose of international intrigue, Into Tibet reveals the extraordinary still-classified missions that sent Mackiernan and his partner, Frank Bessac, into the heart of the Cold War.

"Into Tibet brings alive...an event the CIA Would still, more than fifty years later, like to keep quiet."

"Thomas Laird examines a little-known incident in the Cold War and thereby throws a brilliant light upon the character of America's intelligence and foreign-policy organizations of the time....A fascinating, groundbreaking work on a controversial subject about which new readers will be familiar. Packed with vital new information and insights, Into Tibet fills a blank space in the hidden history of the Cold War."

"Focusing on the heart-stopping details of the expedition itself, Laird gives the now familiar story of callous CIA manipulation an absorbing twist."

"Laird does an exemplary job of investigating, reporting, and shaping the events and personalities that compose the tragic story."