China Hands: Nine Decades of Adventure, Espionage, and Diplomacy in Asia By James R. Lilley and Jeffrey Lilley

"James Lilley recently summed up his long career by describing himself as a 'Cold Warrior turned peacemaker,' a ranking CIA operative who turned diplomat to smooth relations with our longtime adversary, the People's Republic of China, and to nudge South Korea and Taiwan towards democracy.

The intelligence officer who ran covert operations against the PRC for decades found great irony in going to Peking as CIA's first station chief there. His odyssey is told in China Hands: Nine Decades of Adventure, Espionage, and Diplomacy in Asia, written with son Jeffrey, a Washington lawyer now doing international development work."

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