Foxtrot in Kandahar : a memoir of a CIA Officer in Afghanistan at the inception of America's longest war
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Published
El Dorado Hills, CA : Savas Beatie LLC, [2017].
Status
Columbia Pike - Adult Nonfiction
958.1047 EVANS
1 available
958.1047 EVANS
1 available
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Published
El Dorado Hills, CA : Savas Beatie LLC, [2017].
Format
Book
Physical Desc
xv, 172 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Language
English
Notes
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"Veteran CIA officer Duane Evans is dispatched to Pakistan to "get something going in the South," still under the Taliban's sway and al-Qa'ida. With no "Southern Alliance" for the U.S. to support, a new strategy is called for. This is the true story of Evans's unexpected journey from the pristine halls of Langley to the badlands of southern Afghanistan. Within hours after he watched the horrors of 9/11 unfold during a chance visit to FBI Headquarters, Evans begins a personal and relentless quest to become part of the U.S. response against al-Qa'ida. This memoir tracks his efforts to join one of CIA's elite teams bound for Afghanistan, a journey that eventually takes him to the front lines in Pakistan, first as part of the advanced element of CIA's Echo team supporting Hamid Karzai, and finally as leader of the under-resourced and often overlooked Foxtrot team. Relying on rusty military skills from Evans's days as a Green Beret and brandishing a traded-for rifle, he moves toward Kandahar, one of only a handful of Americans pushing forward across the desert in the company of Pashtun warriors into some of the most dangerous, yet mesmerizingly beautiful, landscape on earth. The ultimate triumph of the CIA and Special Forces teams, when absolutely everything was on the line, is tempered by the US tragedy that catalyzed what is now America's longest war. Evans's very personal adventure that unfolds within the pages of Foxtrot in Kandahar: A Memoir of a CIA Officer in Afghanistan at the Inception of America's Longest War, which concludes with an analysis of opportunities lost in the years since his time in Afghanistan, should be required reading for everyone interested in modern warfare."--Provided by publisher.
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LC Subjects
Afghan War, 2001- -- Campaigns -- Afghanistan -- Kandahār.
Afghan War, 2001- -- Personal narratives, American.
Afghan War, 2001- -- Secret service -- United States.
Evans, Duane, -- 1956-
Intelligence officers -- United States -- Biography.
Personal narratives.
Special operations (Military science) -- Afghanistan -- Kandahār.
Special operations (Military science) -- Pakistan.
Taliban.
United States. -- Central Intelligence Agency -- Biography.
War on Terrorism, 2001-2009 -- Personal narratives, American.
Afghan War, 2001- -- Personal narratives, American.
Afghan War, 2001- -- Secret service -- United States.
Evans, Duane, -- 1956-
Intelligence officers -- United States -- Biography.
Personal narratives.
Special operations (Military science) -- Afghanistan -- Kandahār.
Special operations (Military science) -- Pakistan.
Taliban.
United States. -- Central Intelligence Agency -- Biography.
War on Terrorism, 2001-2009 -- Personal narratives, American.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Evans, D. (2017). Foxtrot in Kandahar: a memoir of a CIA Officer in Afghanistan at the inception of America's longest war (First edition.). Savas Beatie LLC.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Evans, Duane, 1956-. 2017. Foxtrot in Kandahar: A Memoir of a CIA Officer in Afghanistan At the Inception of America's Longest War. Savas Beatie LLC.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Evans, Duane, 1956-. Foxtrot in Kandahar: A Memoir of a CIA Officer in Afghanistan At the Inception of America's Longest War Savas Beatie LLC, 2017.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Evans, Duane. Foxtrot in Kandahar: A Memoir of a CIA Officer in Afghanistan At the Inception of America's Longest War First edition., Savas Beatie LLC, 2017.
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