Review of The Man Nobody Knew: In Search of My Father, CIA Spymaster William Colby (2011) by Itzamara L — 08 Nov 2011
Any biography on film about someone whose own son produces and narrates the story is bound to be subjective. However, Carl Colby does a remarkable job in describing his late father, once CIA director, in fairly objective terms a he saw him.
He asks more questions than he answers. As someone who corresponded with Colby as a boy, I left the movie seeing him as I did even then: a highly moral man who bridges the divide between American idealism and practicality in a very dangerous world.
As the movie suggests, had we followed his lead in Vietnam, things would have turned out differently-- but politics got in the way. I must admit that his approach-- connecting with the locals-- as we have strived to do in Iraq and Afghanistan-- and focusing on a counterinsurgency-- that's how we can better manage engagements of this type.
Wonderful story about a fascinating American.
This review of The Man Nobody Knew: In Search of My Father, CIA Spymaster William Colby (2011) was written by Itzamara L on 08 Nov 2011.
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