Former spymaster Peter Sichel provides an absorbing insider’s account of the CIA, illustrating the roots of conflicts still plaguing today’s world as well as the toll espionage took on his personal life. A German-born Jew, Sichel recounts his dramatic life with a good dose of wit and humor, from escaping Nazi Germany to his career in the OSS/CIA, where he became the first Station Chief in post-war Berlin and later a key player in Cold War espionage. –AS