"William Pawley is hardly a household name, but he was the consummate Cold War adventurer, diplomat, businessman, and wheeler-dealing American patriot. Anthony Carrozza’s biography of this extraordinary man offers a behind-the-scenes glimpse of the conspiracy and intrigue that characterized private and public U.S. operations overseas during the tumultuous middle years of the twentieth century."—Tom Gjelten, author of Bacardi and the Long Fight for Cuba
"A masterful account of one of the most influential political players of the twentieth century. A man of many talents, William Pawley made his mark as both a diplomat and adventurer, with friends in high places around the world.”—Don Bohning, author of The Castro Obsession: U.S. Covert Operations against Cuba: 1959–1965
“An energetic, flawed anticommunist businessman with a central—if often unofficial—role in U.S. foreign policy adventures from World War II China to revolutionary Cuba, Pawley makes for a fascinating subject. Backed by massive research, including access to Pawley family papers and interviews, Carrozza spins a fast-paced narrative that will delight anyone interested in diplomacy, war, or the spread of U.S. economic influence abroad.”—Alan McPherson, associate professor of international and area studies, University of Oklahoma, and author of Intimate Ties, Bitter Struggles: The United States and Latin America since 1945
