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This fiction
book is wrote by Steve Dimodica, who started his career as a Special
Forces NCO, intelligence officer, and finally Special Forces officer.
He is very familiar with intelligence operations during the timeframe
of when this novel takes place. He comes from the breed of
Special Forces officers who self-actualized (see the theory of
Maslov's hierarchy of needs taught to the West Point and ROTC
officer's to be) as a Special Forces detachment commander. He
got to serve in the best job in the Army and stayed in the position
until retirement. Something more SF officers should strive for.
Description from the Amazon.com website:
"In 1989, the Soviet Union was undergoing massive structural
changes. As various internal groups jockeyed for power, the GRU, the
Soviet Military Intelligence Apparatus, hatched a plot to blame their
arch rival, the KGB, with responsibility for a terrorist attack in the
United States. The target, an American icon, would so ripple political
sentiment against the KGB, that its dissolution as a governmental
agency would be assured. Learning the plot, the CIA coaxes an
enigmatic contract agent named Jaycott, out of retirement to lead the
U.S. search overseas. Simultaneously, the FBI marshals the entire
breadth of America's domestic law enforcement capabilities stateside,
working in a parallel effort to intercept the threat. The narrative
traces Jaycott's small select team of counter-terrorism specialists
from Athens to Algiers, Moscow to Rome, London to Paris to Washington,
as they follow a path through the murky underworld of shadowy figures
and strained alliances. Feints, lies, deceits, and intrigue abound as
the grit of hidden agendas and political realities surface-all leading
to the discovery of the surprise target. Painstakingly researched,
this is a unique insider's perspective to the real workings of our
intelligence services, as the novel weaves together historic figures,
actual events, and colorful locations in a fast-paced story that sheds
information on the first ever, foreign inspired, terrorist strike on
U.S. soil-one that never occurred."
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