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 *
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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