The Right Hand Man

To write The Right Hand Man, investigative author Cillian Dunne spent two years traveling throughout Panama, including several months living with Carlos Wittgreen, the feared and enigmatic operative who stood by Manuel Noriega as he rose to power. Drawing on intimate interviews with Wittgreen, members of Noriega’s family, former intelligence officials, and people who lived inside the regime, Dunne reconstructs a forgotten Cold War story from inside the dictator’s circle. Part biography and part investigation, The Right Hand Man is written for readers of immersive narrative nonfiction, espionage history, and true stories of political power, undying loyalty, and betrayal within the intelligence world.