Bibliograph

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

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

Language

eng

resource.biographical

contains biographical information

Illustrations

platesillustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Left of boom

Oclc number

907965926

Responsibility statement

Douglas Laux and Ralph Pezzullo

Sub title

how a young CIA case officer penetrated the Taliban and Al-Qaeda

Summary

"On September 11, 2001, Doug 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

Table Of 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

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