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The Black Banners (Declassified)
- How Torture Derailed the War on Terror After 9/11
- De: Ali H. Soufan
- Narrado por: Fajer Al-Kaisi
- Duración: 19 h y 14 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 279
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 253
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 249
Widely heralded on publication as a “must-read” (Military Review) and “important window on America’s battle with al-Qaeda” (Washington Post), Ali Soufan’s revelatory account of the war on terror as seen from its front lines changed the way we understand al-Qaeda and how the United States prosecuted the war — and led to hard questions being asked of our leaders.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Magnificent !
- De JJ en 09-21-20
- The Black Banners (Declassified)
- How Torture Derailed the War on Terror After 9/11
- De: Ali H. Soufan
- Narrado por: Fajer Al-Kaisi
This is my favorite book
Revisado: 07-30-21
This is an incredible story. Ali Soufan is a Patriot.
This story reads like a novel but is historical non-fiction.
Ali takes you through time and around the world to explore and understand Al-Qaeda.
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How We Won and Lost the War in Afghanistan
- Two Years in the Pashtun Homeland
- De: Douglas Grindle
- Narrado por: Peter Lerman
- Duración: 10 h y 24 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 9
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Narración:3.5 out of 5 stars 9
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 9
By placing the reader at the heart of the American counterinsurgency effort, Grindle reveals little-known incidents, including the failure of expensive aid programs to target local needs, the slow throttling of local government as official funds failed to reach the districts, and the United States’ inexplicable failure to empower the Afghan local officials even after they succeeded in bringing the people onto their side. Grindle presents the side of the hard-working Afghans who won the war and expresses what they really thought of the U.S. military and its decisions. Written by a former field officer for the U.S. Agency for International Development, this story of dashed hopes and missed opportunities details how America’s desire to leave the war behind ultimately overshadowed its desire to sustain victory.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Get Educated on Afghanistan.
- De cosmitron en 03-14-18
- How We Won and Lost the War in Afghanistan
- Two Years in the Pashtun Homeland
- De: Douglas Grindle
- Narrado por: Peter Lerman
Terrible Narrator. Story misses the mark.
Revisado: 07-13-21
The narrator sounds like a computer reading script, absolutely no intonation or affect in his voice.
The story is basically of a government bureaucrat who complains that we didn’t pay corrupt Afghan workers enough to develop their country. It basically demonstrates a poor and all-too-common understanding of economics by liberals.
The author basically argues that we didn’t prop up this power-hungry Afghan tribal warlord named Nizaq long enough but fails to demonstrate how this warlord and his district would survive without such a crutch.
No one built roads, gave money, gave equipment or any other incentives to early American pioneers. If people live in a resource rich country and are too lazy or incompetent to develop those resources, there’s nothing you can do to force ambition into them. If your society is so morally corrupt that you can’t expect basic honesty, peace, and lack of theft from everyday people, then your society literally can not develop.
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The Targeter
- My Life in the CIA, Hunting Terrorists and Challenging the White House
- De: Nada Bakos, Davin Coburn
- Narrado por: Christine Lakin
- Duración: 10 h y 42 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 280
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 245
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 245
In 1999, 30-year-old Nada Bakos moved from her lifelong home in Montana to Washington, DC, to join the CIA. Quickly realizing her affinity for intelligence work, Nada was determined to rise through the ranks of the agency first as an analyst and then as a Targeting Officer, eventually finding herself on the frontline of America's War against Islamic extremists. In this role, Nada was charged with determining if Iraq had a relationship with 9/11 and Al-Qaida, and finding the mastermind behind this terrorist activity: Abu Musab al-Zarqawi.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Terrible book. Feminazi Propaganda
- De Dan Wells en 08-24-19
- The Targeter
- My Life in the CIA, Hunting Terrorists and Challenging the White House
- De: Nada Bakos, Davin Coburn
- Narrado por: Christine Lakin
Terrible book. Feminazi Propaganda
Revisado: 08-24-19
I was actually really interested in listening to a book on the war on terror written by a female but Nada Bakos seems to be a political opportunist whose small role in the CIA is exploited to voice a feminist agenda. It's really not worth reading.
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Outlaw Platoon
- Heroes, Renegades, Infidels, and the Brotherhood of War in Afghanistan
- De: Sean Parnell, John Bruning
- Narrado por: Ray Porter
- Duración: 10 h y 18 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 7,379
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 6,694
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 6,681
At 24 years of age, U.S. Army Ranger Sean Parnell was named commander of a forty-man elite infantry platoon - a unit that came to be known as the Outlaws - and was tasked with rooting out Pakistan-based insurgents from a mountain valley along Afghanistan's eastern frontier. Parnell and his men assumed they would be facing a ragtag bunch of civilians, but in May 2006 what started out as a routine patrol through the lower mountains of the Hindu Kush became a brutal ambush.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great book...Everyone should listen to this book!!
- De Chris en 04-09-12
- Outlaw Platoon
- Heroes, Renegades, Infidels, and the Brotherhood of War in Afghanistan
- De: Sean Parnell, John Bruning
- Narrado por: Ray Porter
Great book
Revisado: 04-11-19
Best war book I've ever listened to and I've listened to over 40. This book not only has raw action but provides insights into the War in Afghanistan, the Taliban's brutal tactics, how the Pakistanis are fucking us, the insider threat, and how bureaucrats are making it impossible to win.
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