Richard Helms (1) (1913–2002)
Author of A Look over My Shoulder: A Life in the Central Intelligence Agency
For other authors named Richard Helms, see the disambiguation page.
About the Author
Image credit: CIA Director Richard Helms (left) and Amb. Walworth Barbour at meeting in the Cabinet Room, White House, Mar. 27, 1968. LBJ Library photo by Yoichi R. Okamoto
Works by Richard Helms
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- Legal name
- Helms, Richard McGarrah
- Birthdate
- 1913-03-30
- Date of death
- 2002-10-22
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- St. Davids, Pennsylvania, USA
- Place of death
- Washington, D.C., USA
- Places of residence
- St. Davis, Pennsylvania, USA
South Orange, New Jersey, USA
Washington, D.C., USA
Lausanne, Switzerland
Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany - Education
- Williams College
- Occupations
- journalist
translator
military officer (United States Navy)
intelligence officer
diplomat
Deputy Director of the United States Central Intelligence Agency (1965-1966) (show all 8)
Director of the United States Central Intelligence Agency (1966-1973)
United States Ambassador to Iran (1973-1977) - Relationships
- Helms, Cynthia (wife)
- Organizations
- Radio Smithsonian
Concern, Inc
Iraq Women's Fellowship Foundation
Freer and Sackler Galleries
American Contract Bridge League
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A look over my shoulder : a life in the Central… by Richard Helms
Helms career covered many of the development years in the CIA where he rose througjh the ranks to head. This is an essential book in the history of intelligence in the United States,
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