Hard to define this book as it's fascinating and highly offensive at the same time. Is her story interesting? Yes. Is she likeable? No. Is that sexism? I sincerely hope not. Was she treated poorly because of her gender? Yes. Did she treat others poorly because their (gender, race, religion, country of origin)? Also Yes.
Can you learn something from this book? Yes? Did the author? If she did, she missed the bigger picture of her own arrogance, racism, prejudices and yes even her own sexism.
I expected to be reading about battling sexism in the CIA and FBI from the blurb, but instead got a love letter to American Exceptionalism written by an "Ugly American" trope masquerading (barely) as an Enlightened Internationalist.
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