This seemed like the best sub for this, but please move or delete if Inappropriate. While at an estate sale today (SoCal area) I picked some obscure books on military history/tactics.
Not obscure but neat
Finally the one that I am perplexed by is Bob Woodward's Veil: the secret wars of the CIA it's signed by someone name Edwin K ?Loverly?
I have to figure; if you are getting books signed by your "good friend" Napolean Valeriano (who trained the Cubans for the bay of pig invasion), you wouldn't toss an insignificant signature in a book.
My Google Fu is not turning up any results for this Edwin ?Loverley? I was hoping some of the historians here would be able to shine some light on who he is and the possible relationship to Woodward or CIA Ops of the early 80's.
Thank you in advance. Thanks
Some additional info to add. Turns out the estate I was buying from was that of Eli Popovich, a career CIA asset.
He's mentioned as training assets in Laos; being picked to lead the CIA's Nam bac unit. Reference.
He taught the CIA's Jungle Warfare - Paramilitary Course 3. Reference
Also was involved in training Tibetans to fight the Chinese Reference in footnote
That makes me think that the signature of Edwin K Loverley is not insignificant or in the book by accident.