Risk Taker Spy Maker: Tales of a CIA Case Officer

“Broman proves that he is not just an accomplished photographer, but a thoroughly engaging writer.  Over the course of his colorful career, he has managed to rub shoulders with some of the most interesting people that have passed through posts—all of them unsuspecting as to the true nature of his employment.  He has also engaged in The Great Game under some of the most trying circumstances in Southeast Asia, making for a fascinating read from start to finish.”

Risk Taker Spy Maker: Tales of a CIA Case Officer

“As a veteran of a quarter of a century of traveling the world for the CIA in hot wars and during the height of the Cold War, Broman’s true tales of putting his life on the line recruiting and running spies in a dozen countries are the stuff of action movies and popular espionage fiction…Broman’s detailed account of his months as a platoon commander in the 5^th Marines in Vietnam is gripping to read, a worthy addition to the already extensive history of the war written by the American soldiers who fought it.”

Risk Taker Spy Maker: Tales of a CIA Case Officer

“Broman served as Executive Officer, Company H, 2d Battalion, 5^th Marines in An Hoa, Vietnam (this reviewer was a rifle platoon commander in Hotel company for part of Broman’s tenure; after I was grievously wounded, Broman temporarily commanded the platoon… Risk Taker, Spy Maker refreshingly gives the reader the all-too-rare studied insight and subtle nuances of the myriad events in which Broman was either a key player or a witness…The great strength of the book is its author’s ability to extract from these events the significance of how they came to shape the United States’ foreign and domestic policy.”

Risk Taker Spy Maker: Tales of a CIA Case Officer

“Barry spent a quarter century of a century traveling the world recruiting and handling agents for the Central Intelligence Agency…I can personally attest that he was one of the best.  Barry was a recruiting ‘headhunter,’ a unique type of intelligence operations officer with more than 40 recruitments under his belt.  He had an unerring ability to assess promising potential assets and to recruit and handle such clandestine agents.”

The Spy From Place Saint-Sulpice:  A Novel

“Barry Broman captures not only the intricacies of the world’s second oldest profession, but provides the reader with the texture, the sights, and the sounds of one of the world’s greatest playgrounds for spies—Paris.  Broman spins a yarn that only someone who has walked those streets and run more than a few spies could possibly imagine.  The Spy From Place Saint-Sulpice will sail to the top of the spy genre.”

The Spy From Place Saint-Sulpice:  A Novel

“This page-turner of a spy novel has it all!  Spy buffs will revel in young CIA case officer Rick Blayne’s adventures in the last years of the Cold War.  Set in Paris, the story reflects all her glory in different times of year; Rick ventures into her finest restaurants and invites us to taste lovingly-described wines and menus.  Along the way we sense the heat of two alluring romances.  The intricate plot builds to a satisfying climax leaving us hoping that we will see Rick again.”

The Spy From Place Saint-Sulpice:  A Novel

“Broman explores the angst and exhilaration of an intelligence officer looking for his next ‘scalp’ while weighing the moral and physical consequences of his actions put on the other people in is life.  Beware, the story will leave you hanging…”

Indochina Hand: Tales of a CIA Case Officer

Indochina Hand brings back to jolting life a long-forgotten war, one that played heavily in defining the careers, and lives, of a generation of CIA officers.  Here again, Broman captures the sights, the sounds, and the smells of the region in a great yarn for anybody interested in the CIA as it set about winning second place in the Southeast Asian Games.  Another great read!”

Indochina Hand: Tales of a CIA Case Officer

“Indochina Hand grippingly tells us how Barry Broman became the man he is and what role he played in events around the Cold War and after.  I saw him in action for some of it and call him a friend.”

Indochina Hand: Tales of a CIA Case Officer

“Everyone will want to stay through the feast for the great storytelling—and the terrific photos!”

Indochina Hand: Tales of a CIA Case Officer

In this superbly written personal memoir that lifts the lid on U.S. spy craft techniques, former CIA spy Barry Broman reveals how he and his fellow headhunters in America’s clandestine services went about recruiting agents in ‘Hard Target’ adversaries such as China, Russia, and North Korea….He reveals in Indochina Hand that his spectacular CIA career was shaped initially by is assignments during his college years in Thailand as an Associated Press photographer, and by his brutal experiences as an infantry platoon commander for the U.S. Marine Corps in Vietnam.

Indochina Hand: Tales of a CIA Case Officer

“Indochina Hand…is an outstanding collection of intelligence vignettes that read like excerpts from a John le Carre novel.  The difference, of course, it that Broman is writing about actual CIA officers–including himself—who were involved in real-life exploits with actual stakes and consequences that had a direct bearing on the cold war…Highly recommended.”