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020			_a9781250271846 (hardback) _q(hardcover)
020			_z9781250271853 _q(ebook)
040			_aDLC _beng _erda _cDLC
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082	0	0	_a327.12730092 _aB _223/eng/20211026
084			_a327.12730092 _bPRA-B _223/eng/20211026
100	1		_aPrado, Ric, _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aBlack ops _hBook : _bthe life of a CIA shadow warrior / _cRic Prado.
250			_aFirst edition.
300			_axiv, 384 pages : _c24 cm.
365			_a01 _b5,819.00
500			_aIncludes index.
520			_a"A memoir by the highest-ranking covert warrior to lift the veil of secrecy and offer a glimpse into the shadow wars that America has fought since the Vietnam Era. Enrique Prado found himself in his first firefight at age seven. The son of a middle-class Cuban family caught in the midst of the Castro Revolution, his family fled their war-torn home for the hope of a better life in America. Fifty years later, the Cuban refugee retired from the Central Intelligence Agency as the CIA equivalent of a two-star general. Black Ops is the story of Ric's legendary career that spanned two eras, the Cold War and the Age of Terrorism. Operating in the shadows, Ric and his fellow CIA officers fought a little-seen and virtually unknown war to keep USA safe from those who would do it harm. After duty stations in Central, South America, and the Philippines, Black Ops follows Ric into the highest echelons of the CIA's headquarters at Langley, Virginia. In late 1995, he became Deputy Chief of Station and co-founding member of the Bin Laden Task Force. Three years later, after serving as head of Korean Operations, Ric took on one of the most dangerous missions of his career: re-establish a once-abandoned CIA station inside a hostile nation long since considered a front line of the fight against Islamic terrorism. He and his team carried out covert operations 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, creativity and dedication of the Agency's Special Activities Group and its elite shadow warriors"-- _cProvided by publisher.
521			_aAll.
650		0	_aRefugees _zCuba _vBiography.
650		0	_aSpecial operations (Military science) _zUnited States.
650		0	_aWar on Terrorism, 2001-2009 _vPersonal narratives, American.
650		0	_aCold War _vPersonal narratives, American.
852			_p10001000062421 _95819.00 _vWorld Book Co. _dBooks
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