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First casualty : the untold story of the CIA mission to avenge 9/11 / Toby Harnden.
America is reeling; Al-Qaeda has struck and thousands are dead. The country scrambles to respond, but the Pentagon has no plan for Afghanistan--where Osama bin Laden masterminded the attack and is protected by the Taliban. Instead, the CIA steps forward to spearhead the war. Eight CIA officers are dropped into the mountains of northern Afghanistan on October 17, 2001. They are Team Alpha, an eclectic band of linguists, tribal experts, and elite warriors: the first Americans to operate inside Taliban territory. Their covert mission is to track down Al- Qaeda and stop the terrorists from infiltrating the United States again. First Casualty places you with Team Alpha as the CIA rides into battle on horseback alongside the warlord Abdul Rashid Dostum. In Washington, DC, few trust that the CIA men, the Green Berets, and the Americans' outnumbered Afghan allies can prevail before winter sets in. On the ground, Team Alpha is undeterred. The Taliban is routed but hatches a plot with Al-Qaeda to hit back. Hundreds of suicidal fighters, many hiding weapons, fake a surrender and are transported to Qala-i Jangi--the "Fort of War."
Record details
- ISBN: 9780316540957
- ISBN: 0316540951
- Physical Description: xviii, 412 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2021.
- Copyright: ©2021
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Maps on endpapers. |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 343-394) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Zero hour -- Blue sky -- Third option -- Showtime -- Kill box -- Talisman -- Two Cadillacs -- Wild thing -- Devil's water -- The fort -- Goat rodeo -- Not surrendered -- The Irishman -- Pink house -- Trojan horse -- Cleared hot -- Absolutely wrong -- Yeah, baby! -- Lucky boots -- No secrets -- Tomorrowland -- Days of thunder. |
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| Albright Memorial Library | 958.1 HARNDEN (Text) | 50686016089133 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Martin Library | Adults 958.104 HAR Life Times (Text) | 33454005818737 | 2nd Floor | Available | - |
| Memorial Library of Nazareth and Vicinity | 958.1 HAM 2021 (Text)
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In Memory of Harry Adams, 2021
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| Bethlehem Main Library | 958.104 (Text) | 33062009504219 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
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