Paul Bernard Henze(29 August 1924,Redwood Falls– 19 May 2011,Culpeper) was anAmericanbroadcaster, writer andCIAoperative. He was involved withRadio Free Europeand wroteThe Plot to Kill the Popewhich advocated the view that theBulgarians were involvedin an assassination attempt onJohn Paul IIin 1981.[2]
Paul B. Henze | |
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| Born | Paul Bernard Henze August 29, 1924 |
| Died | May 19, 2011(aged 86) |
| Occupation | intelligence officer |
| Notes | |
Henze encouragedZbigniew Brzezinskiin the formation of theNationalities Working Groupin 1978, of which Henze was appointed head.[3]Influenced by his friendAlexandre Bennigsen,this group advocated the promotion ofislamismas a tool for undermining Soviet hegemony inCentral Asia.
Works
editHenze has published 156 works, including:[4]
- Layers of Time: A History of Ethiopia(35 editions, 1999–2004)ISBN1137117869
- The Plot to Kill the Pope(18 editions, 1983–1985)ISBN068418060X
- The Horn of Africa: From War to Peace(18 editions, 1991–2016)ISBN9781349214563
References
edit- ^Brown, Emma (June 2, 2011)."Paul B. Henze, former CIA and national security specialist, dies at 86".The Washington Post.Retrieved2023-06-23.
- ^Golden, Jill; Yamada, Rachel."Inventory of the Paul B. Henze papers".Online Archive of California.California Digital Library.Retrieved16 October2018.
- ^Kalinovsky, Artemy M. (2015)."Encouraging Resistance: Paul Henze, the Bennigsen school, and the crisis of détente".Reassessing Orientalism: Interlocking Orientologies During the Cold War.doi:10.4324/9781315758619-8.Retrieved16 October2018.
- ^"Henze, Paul B. 1924-2011".WorldCat Identities.
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