Gray work
Subtitle: confessions of an American paramilitary spy
By: Jamie Smith
Publisher: William Morrow
Published: 2015
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 385
ISBN-13: 9780062271693; 9780062271709; 9780062271716
Subjects: Paramilitary forces; Spies; United States; Personal Memoirs; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY; Military; Biography; HISTORY
Description: "Gray Work is an unprecedented, first-hand look into the life of America's private paramilitary warriors and their highly secretive work around the world--and is written by Jamie Smith, one of the most successful and respected men in the business"--
Table of contents: title: The rise of the rebels. Libya ; Meeting ambassadors ; Cairo ; Travel to Benghazi ; Meeting the rebels ; How much is this going to cost us? ; Spying on the State Department? ; Escaping Saddam ; Plan B ; Th the shores of Tripoli; title: The fall of a dictator. Inside the militia ; Shoot 'em in the teeth while they sleep ; Building a spy : the foundations ; The battle for Sirte ; Dogs, cans, and dead snipers ; Creating an operator ; Old meat in the locker; title: Afghanistan. Blackwater ; Going to war ; Eight miles to go ; "Loading!" ; Bad contractors; title: Syria, Iran, Mali. The Iranian operator ; Rendition ; Syria ; Targeted killing ; MANPAD + bad guy + jet = bad day.