HomeGroupsTalkZeitgeist
Search Site
This site uses cookies to deliver our services, improve performance, for analytics, and (if not signed in) for advertising. By using LibraryThing you acknowledge that you have read and understand our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Your use of the site and services is subject to these policies and terms.

Robert Baer

Author of See No Evil: The True Story of a Ground Soldier in the CIA's War on Terrorism

Includes the names: Robert Baer, Robert B. Baer

MembersReviewsPopularityRatingFavorited   Events   
2,3826210,107 (3.68)5
Robert Baer was born in Los Angeles, California on July 1, 1952. He graduated from the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service and in 1976, decided to join the CIA's Directorate of Operations. He worked for the CIA for 20 years as a case officer assigned to the Middle East. He has written several books including Sleeping with the Devil: How Washington Sold Our Soul for Saudi Crude, The Devil We Know: Dealing with the New Iranian Superpower, and The Company We Keep: A Husband-and-Wife True-Life Spy Story. His book See No Evil: The True Story of a Ground Soldier in the CIA's War on Terrorism was the basis for the acclaimed film Syriana. He writes regularly for Time.com and has contributed to Vanity Fair, the Wall Street Journal, and the Washington Post. (Bowker Author Biography) — biography from See No Evil: The True Story of a Ground Soldier in the CIA's War on Terrorism… (more)
organize | filter
Works by Robert Baer
Members

Top members (books)

Member favorites

Related tags
20th century (7) American history (16) autobiography (19) biography (31) CIA (122) current affairs (22) current events (21) ebook (9) espionage (69) fiction (29) foreign policy (11) geopolitics (7) government (11) hardcover (9) history (91) intelligence (44) Iran (40) Iraq (16) Islam (21) library (11) memoir (43) Middle East (103) military (10) non-fiction (166) oil (37) political (8) political science (7) politics (103) read (28) Robert Baer (11) Saudi Arabia (46) spy (46) terrorism (107) to-read (95) US (9) US history (7) USA (29) war (17) War on Terror (18) wishlist (10)
history
Common Knowledge
You must log in to edit Common Knowledge data.
For more help see the Common Knowledge help page.
Canonical name
Legal name
Baer, Robert Booker
Other names
Date of birth
1952-07-01
Date of death
Burial location
Gender
male
Nationality
USA
Country (for map)
Birthplace
Los Angeles, California, USA
Place of death
Cause of death
Places of residence
Aspen, Colorado, USA
Education
Georgetown University (Foreign Service)
University of California, Berkeley
Occupations
spy
Relationships
Baer, Dayna (wife)
Agents
Rafe Sagalyn
Organizations
Central Intelligence Agency (1976-1997)
Awards and honors
CIA Career Intelligence Medal (1998-13-11)
Short biography
Disambiguation notice

Is this you?

Become a LibraryThing Author.

Member ratings

Average: (3.68)
0.5 1
1 2
1.5 2
2 30
2.5 6
3 119
3.5 44
4 150
4.5 14
5 74

Author pictures (2)

   

(see all 2 author pictures)

Improve this author

Combine/separate works

Author division

Robert Baer is currently considered a "single author." If one or more works are by a distinct, homonymous authors, go ahead and split the author.

Includes

Robert Baer is composed of 3 names. You can examine and separate out names.

Combine with…

 

About | Contact | Privacy/Terms | Help/FAQs | Blog | Store | APIs | TinyCat | Legacy Libraries | Early Reviewers | Common Knowledge | 185,458,075 books! | Top bar: Always visible
Copyright LibraryThing and/or members of LibraryThing, authors, publishers, libraries, cover designers, Amazon, Bol, Bruna, etc.