MCCARGAR, James (Goodrich)

MCCARGAR, James (Goodrich). Also writes as Christopher Felix. American, b. 1920. Genres: Biography, International relations/Current affairs, Ghost Writer. Career: Oakland Tribune, Oakland, CA, book reviewer, 1940; San Francisco Call-Bulletin, San Francisco, CA, reporter, 1941; U.S. Foreign Service Officer in the Soviet Union, Dominican Republic, Hungary, Italy, Washington, DC, and France, 1942-53; Free Europe Committee Inc., New York City, assistant to the vice president, 1955, European director of political operations in Paris, France, 1956-58, consultant to the president in Paris, 1959-60, consultant to the president in Paris and Munich, Germany, 1971-76; writer, 1960-; National Endowment for the Humanities, Washington, DC, special assistant for international affairs to the chairman, 1978-82; lecturer; consultant; editor. Publications: (as Christopher Felix) A Short Course in the Secret War, 1963, in UK as The Spy and His Masters: A Short Course in the Secret War, annotated ed. under author's real name, 1988, 4th ed., 2001; (as Christopher Felix; with G. Marton) Three-Cornered Cover (novel), 1972; El Salvador and Nicaragua: The AFL-CIO Views on the Controversy, 1985; (with W. Colby) Lost Victory: A Firsthand Account of America's Sixteen-Year Involvement in Vietnam, 1989; Ferenc Nagy: Small Holder or Statesman?, 1995. Ghostwriter of memoirs. Contributor of articles, short stories, and book reviews as James McCargar and Christopher Felix to periodicals. Address: Apartment 1207 West, 4201 Cathedral Ave. N.W., Washington, DC 20016, U.S.A.