Editing Charles McCarry (section)

==Biography==
McCarry's family came from [[The Berkshires]] area of western [[Massachusetts]]. He was born in [[Pittsfield]], and lived in Virginia.<ref name=":0"/><ref name="morning news">{{cite web |url=https://themorningnews.org/article/birnbaum-v.-charles-mccarry |date=2004 |title=Interview: Birnbaum v. Charles McCarry |author=Birnbaum, Robert |work=[[The Morning News (online magazine) |The Morning News]] |access-date=June 9, 2010}}</ref> He graduated from Dalton High School.<ref name="hitch2">[https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/532075851/ "Sgt. McCarry Ends Army Hitch"], ''The Berkshire County Eagle'', Pittsfield, Massachusetts, volume 162, number 30, August 8, 1951, page 6.</ref>

McCarry began his writing career in the [[United States Army]] as a correspondent for ''[[Stars and Stripes (newspaper)|Stars and Stripes]]''. He served from 1948 to 1951 and achieved the rank of sergeant.<ref name="hitch2"/> He received initial training at [[Fort Benning]], Georgia, and was stationed in Germany for almost two years and at [[Fort Pickett|Camp Pickett]], Virginia for about a year.<ref name="hitch2"/>

After his army service, he was a speechwriter in the early Administration of [[Dwight D. Eisenhower|President Dwight D. Eisenhower]].<ref>''Agents of Treachery'', pages xii–xiii</ref> In 1958, at the invitation of [[Cord Meyer]],<ref>{{cite book |last=Saunders |first=Frances Stonor |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DnYRBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA207 |title=The Cultural Cold War: The CIA and the World of Arts and Letters |date=2013 |publisher=The New Press |isbn=9781595589149 |page=207 |chapter=Ransom's Boys |access-date=January 12, 2021}}</ref> he accepted a post with the CIA, for whom he traveled the globe as a deep cover operative.<ref>''Agents of Treachery'', page xii.</ref> He took a leave of absence to work for the [[1960 United States presidential election|1960 Nixon campaign]], writing for vice-presidential candidate [[Henry Cabot Lodge Jr.|Henry Cabot Lodge]].<ref name="WaPo_Obit"/><ref>{{cite news |last=Conroy |first=Sarah Booth |date=1988-05-15 |title=The McCarry Dossier |language=en-US |newspaper=Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1988/05/15/the-mccarry-dossier/7ee692de-e881-4912-8147-afaa5a6a445e/ |access-date=2022-02-11 |issn=0190-8286}}</ref> He left the CIA for the last time in 1967, becoming a writer of spy novels.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=March 13, 2014 |title=Nathan McCarry, Founder, President & CEO at Pluribus International |work=Executive Leaders Radio |location=executiveleadersradio.com |url=http://www.executiveleadersradio.com/mccarry-nathan-4238.aspx |access-date=June 7, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Authors: Charles McCarry |work=[[Mysterious Press]] |location=mysteriouspress.com |url=https://mysteriouspress.com/authors/charles-mccarry/ |access-date=June 7, 2017}}</ref>

McCarry was also an editor-at-large for ''[[National Geographic (magazine)|National Geographic]]'' and contributed pieces to ''[[The New York Times]]'', ''[[The Wall Street Journal]]'', ''[[The Washington Post]]'', the ''[[Saturday Evening Post]]'', and other national publications.<ref name=":0"/>