Surprise, Kill, Vanish by Annie Jacobsen

Surprise, Kill, Vanish by Annie Jacobsen

SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF NUCLEAR WAR: A SCENARIO

Surprise your target. Kill your enemy. Vanish without trace.

From the dawn of the Cold War to the present day, when diplomacy fails and overt military action is not feasible, American Presidents have called on the Special Activities Division - a highly-classified branch of the CIA, and the most effective black-operations force in the world.

Originally known as the president's guerrilla warfare corps, these paramilitary teams conduct risky and ruthless assignments that are as shocking and controversial as they are morally complex. With unparalleled access to former CIA operators and top members of its Senior Intelligence Service, ambassadors, and even a past director of the Secret Service, bestselling author of Nuclear War Annie Jacobsen reveals a complex world of individuals working in treacherous environments populated with killers, connivers, and saboteurs. Is the CIA's paramilitary army America's weaponized strength, or a liability? Every operation reported in this book, however unsettling, is legal.

Praise for Annie Jacobsen:

'A stomach-clenching, multi-perspective, ticking-clock, geopolitical thriller' Forbes

'Dangerously plausible - and it reads like a thriller' Sunday Times

'These are scenes straight out of Dr Strangelove' Telegraph

Praise for Annie Jacobsen:
Cauldron-stirring. . revelatory . . . compellingly hard-hitting * New York Times *
A fascinating and sometimes uneasy exploration * Washington Post *

Annie Jacobsen is the author of the New York Times bestsellers Area 51 and Operation Paperclip and the Pulitzer Prize finalist The Pentagon's Brain. She was a contributing editor at the Los Angeles Times Magazine. A graduate of Princeton University, she lives in Los Angeles with her husband and two sons.

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ISBN 13	9781529378559
ISBN 10	1529378559
Title	Surprise, Kill, Vanish
Author	Annie Jacobsen
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	John Murray Press
Year published	2020-07-02
Number of pages	576
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