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Travel
The CIA Spy Who Reinvented the Travel Guide
Undercover
For decades, Eugene Fodor wrote and edited the travel books that introduced middle-class travelers to the world—when he wasn’t moonlighting as a spook.
David Farley
Published
Sep. 2 2021
4:44AM EDT
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