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Left of boom : how a young CIA case officer penetrated the Taliban and al-Qaeda
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Book
Title:
Left of boom : how a young CIA case officer penetrated the Taliban and al-Qaeda
ISBN:
9781250081360
Edition:
First edition.
Publication:
New York : St. Martin's Press, april 2016.
Physical Description:
301 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm
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 -- Wolverine -- Termination -- Kate -- Sucker-Punched -- Downward Spiral -- Syria -- Endgame -- Resignation.
Summary:
On September 11, 2001, Douglas Laux 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.
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