Left of boom : how a young CIA case officer penetrated the Taliban and Al-Qaeda /

Laux, Douglas,

Left of boom : how a young CIA case officer penetrated the Taliban and Al-Qaeda / Douglas Laux and Ralph Pezzullo. - First edition. - 301 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm

Attack on Khowst -- Onboarding -- Training -- Wadi Base -- Abdul -- Haji Jan -- Commandant Khan -- Stone Firebase -- Bob -- Pamplona -- Camp Gecko -- Mahmud -- Mullah Salaam -- Sarposa Prison -- Wali Dalir/Mullah Rashid 186 -- Wolverine -- Termination -- Kate -- Sucker-Punched -- Downward Spiral -- Syria -- Endgame -- Resignation.

"On September 11, 2001, Doug Laux was a freshman in college, on the path to becoming a doctor. But with the fall of the Twin Towers came a turning point in his life. After graduating he joined the Central Intelligence Agency, determined to get himself to Afghanistan and into the center of the action.

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Laux, Douglas.


United States. Central Intelligence Agency --Officials and employees--Biography.
Qaida (Organization)
Taliban.


Afghan War, 2001---Secret service--United States.
Afghan War, 2001---Personal narratives, American.


Personal narratives.

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