LEADER 00000nim a22005535a 4500 003 MWT 005 20191125040012.0 006 m o h 007 sz zunnnnnuned 007 cr nnannnuuuua 008 130915s2010 xxunnn es f n eng d 020 9781400197576 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) 020 1400197570 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) 029 https://d2snwnmzyr8jue.cloudfront.net/ ttm_9781400197576_180.jpeg 028 42 MWT10755397 037 10755397|bMidwest Tape, LLC|nhttp://www.midwesttapes.com 040 Midwest|erda 082 04 327.1273/055|222 099 eAudiobook hoopla 099 eAudiobook hoopla 100 1 Kahlili, Reza. 245 12 A time to betray :|bthe astonishing double life of a CIA agent inside the Revolutionary Guards of Iran|h[Hoopla electronic resource] /|cReza Kahlili. 250 Unabridged. 264 1 [United States] :|bTantor Audio,|c2010. 264 2 |bMade available through hoopla 300 1 online resource (1 audio file (14hr., 30 min.)) : |bdigital. 336 spoken word|bspw|2rdacontent 337 computer|bc|2rdamedia 338 online resource|bcr|2rdacarrier 344 digital|hdigital recording|2rda 347 data file|2rda 506 Digital content provided by hoopla. 511 1 Read by Richard Allen. 520 A true story as exhilarating as a great spy thriller, as turbulent as today's headlines from the Middle East, A Time to Betray reveals what no other previous CIA operative's memoir possibly could: the inner workings of the notorious Revolutionary Guards of Iran, as witnessed by an Iranian man inside their ranks who spied for the American government. It is a human story, a chronicle of family and friendships torn apart by a terror-mongering regime, and how the adult choices of three childhood mates during the Islamic Republic yielded divisive and tragic fates. And it is the stunningly courageous account of one man's decades-long commitment to lead a shocking double life informing on the beloved country of his birth, a place that once offered the promise of freedom and enlightenment-but instead ruled by murderous violence and spirit-crushing oppression.Reza Kahlili grew up in Tehran surrounded by his close-knit family and two spirited boyhood friends. The Iran of his youth allowed Reza to think and act freely, and even indulge a penchant for rebellious pranks in the face of the local mullahs. His political and personal freedoms flourished while he studied computer science at the University of Southern California in the 1970s. But his carefree time in America was cut short with the sudden death of his father, and Reza returned home to find a country on the cusp of change. The revolution of 1979 plunged Iran into a dark age of religious fundamentalism under the Ayatollah Khomeini, and Reza, clinging to the hope of a Persian Renaissance, joined the Revolutionary Guards, an elite force at the beck and call of the Ayatollah. But as Khomeini's tyrannies unfolded, as his fellow countrymen turned on each other, and after the horror he witnessed inside Evin Prison, a shattered and disillusioned Reza returned to America to dangerously become "Wally," a spy for the CIA.In the wake of an Iranian election that sparked global outrage, at a time when Iran's nuclear program holds the world's anxious attention, the revelations inside A Time to Betray could not be more powerful or timely. Now resigned from his secretive life to reclaim precious time with his loved ones, Reza documents scenes from history with heart-wrenching clarity, as he supplies vital information from the Iran-Iraq War, the Marine barracks bombings in Beirut, the catastrophes of Pan Am Flight 103, the scandal of the Iran-Contra affair, and more...a chain of incredible events that culminates in a nation's fight for freedom that continues to this very day. 538 Mode of access: World Wide Web. 600 10 Kahlili, Reza. 610 10 United States.|bCentral Intelligence Agency|xOfficials and employees. 610 20 Sipāh-i Pāsdārān-i Inqilāb-i Islāmī (Iran) 650 0 Islam and politics|zIran. 650 0 Spies|zIran|vBiography. 650 0 Soldiers|zIran|vBiography. 650 0 Espionage, American. 650 0 Intelligence officers. 650 0 Literature. 651 0 Iran|xHistory|yRevolution, 1979. 651 0 Iran|xPolitics and government|y20th century. 700 1 Allen, Richard,|d1957-2013. 710 2 hoopla digital. 856 40 |uhttps://www.hoopladigital.com/title/ 10755397?utm_source=MARC|zInstantly available on hoopla. 856 42 |zCover image|uhttps://d2snwnmzyr8jue.cloudfront.net/ ttm_9781400197576_180.jpeg