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Author:

Laux, Douglas author.

Title:

Left of boom : how a young CIA case officer penetrated the Taliban and Al-Qaeda / Douglas Laux and Ralph Pezzullo.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

St. Martin's Press,

Copyright Date:

2016

Description:

301 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Afghan War, 2001---Personal narratives, American.
Afghan War, 2001---Secret service--United States.
United States.--Central Intelligence Agency--Officials and employees--Biography.
Qaida (Organization)
Taliban.
Smith, John--(Intelligence officer)
Personal narratives.

Other Authors:

Pezzullo, Ralph, author.

Contents:

Attack on Khowst -- Onboarding -- Training -- Wadi Base -- Abdul -- Haji Jan -- Commandant Khan -- Stone Firebase -- Bob -- Pamplona -- Camp Gecko -- Mahmud -- Mullah Salaam -- Sarposa Prison -- Wali Dalir/Mullah Rashid 186 -- Wolverine -- Termination -- Kate -- Sucker-Punched -- Downward Spiral -- Syria -- Endgame -- Resignation.

Summary:

"On September 11, 2001, John Smith was a freshman in college, on the path to becoming a doctor. But with the fall of the Twin Towers came a turning point in his life. After graduating he joined the Central Intelligence Agency, determined to get himself to Afghanistan and into the center of the action.

ISBN:

125008136X
9781250081360

OCLC:

(OCoLC)907965926

LCCN:

2015037095

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