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CASEY by Joseph E. Persico (Viking; $24.95). It has been said that CIA director William Casey "believed in the American flag, the Catholic Church, and nothing else." This hard-eyed biography suggests that history might have been altered for the better if the man behind Iranscam had also had faith in the Constitution...
CASEY by Joseph E. Persico; Viking; 601 pages...
...this gruff, mumbling figure of authority and mystery? No one could be certain. The President himself confessed, "I didn't understand him at meetings . . . I'd just nod my head, but I didn't know what he was actually saying." Joseph Persico has better hearing than Ronald Reagan, and a keener eye for biographical detail...
According to Bob Woodward's best seller Veil, Casey made a deathbed confession. He became involved with Iranscam because "I believed." But after a series of discussions with the director's colleagues, Persico doubts the authenticity of the hospital interview...
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