Operation Dark Heart by Anthony Shaffer

Operation Dark Heart by Anthony Shaffer

Operation Dark Heart tells the story of what really went on--and what went wrong--in Afghanistan. Lt. Col. Anthony Shaffer led a black-ops team on the forefront of the military efforts to block the Taliban's resuregence. For a moment he saw us winning the war. Then the military brass got involved. He witnessed firsthand the tipping point, when what seemed like certain victory turned into failure.

This wasn't the first time he had seen bureacracy stand in the way of national security. He had participated in Able Danger, the aborted intelligence operation that identitifed many of the future 9/11 terrorists but failed to pursue them. His attempt to reveal the truth to the 9/11 Commission would not go over well with the higher-ups.

Operation Dark Heart made headlines when the Department of Defense bought the entire unredacted first printing. The book's revised second printing includes redactions, which, according to The New York Times, offer a rare glimpse behind the bureaucratic veil that clocks information the government considers too important for public airing. But most importantly, Operation Dark Heart remains a stirring indictment against military bureaucracy and a culture of cover-ups.

Operation Dark Heart: Spycraft and Special Operations on the Frontlines of Afghanistan--and the Road to Victory is written by Lt.Col. Anthony Shaffer. He is a lieutenant colonel in the United States Army and a Bronze Star Medal recipient. Army Reserve of the United States of America. He has more than twenty-five years of experience in the intelligence community and is a CIA-trained senior intelligence operations officer. In Washington, D.C., he is a Senior Fellow and Special Lecturer at the Center for Advanced Defense Studies.

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ISBN 13	9780312603694
ISBN 10	031260369X
Title	Operation Dark Heart
Author	Anthony Shaffer
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Thomas Dunne Books
Year published	2010-09-24
Number of pages	320
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