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Black ops, the life of a CIA shadow warrior, Ric Prado

eng

autobiography

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no index present

non fiction

Black ops

1295623243

Ric Prado

Thorndike Press large print core

the life of a CIA shadow warrior

"The son of a Cuban family caught in the midst of the Castro Revolution, Enrique Prado's family fled for America. Fifty years later, the Cuban refugee retired from the Central Intelligence Agency. Black Ops is the story of Ric's legendary career that spanned two eras, the Cold War and the Global War on Terrorism. He and his team carried out covert operation and developed assets that proved pivotal in the coming war on terror. A harrowing memoir of life in the shadowy world of assassins, terrorists, spies and revolutionaries, Black Ops is a testament to the courage of the Agency's Special Activities Division and its elite shadow warriors"--, Back cover

Preface -- Cuban sunset -- The silver spurs -- American origins -- Starting from the bottom -- Embracing and escaping the street -- Running through the shade -- Agency man -- The much-maligned patriots -- On the spearhead of the Reagan doctrine -- Friends in low places -- The barracudas -- Risks and rewards -- Living in yellow -- Washington two-step -- Swimming up the chain -- Exploiting the chain -- The sparrows -- The afternoon of darkness -- A stranger's loyalty -- The outcast kingdom -- The jihad factory -- The godfather of terror -- The meat eaters' Shangri-La -- Tombstone rules -- Headquarters station -- The last normal morning -- The payback begins -- REDACTED -- REDACTED -- Crystal marbles -- Not nine-to-five material -- Postscript: the forty-year brief

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Black ops, the life of a Central Intelligence Agency shadow warrior