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Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. Store location A1 324 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm Includes bibliographical references and index.

grey & dark grey hardbound 8vo. 8º dustwrapper in protective plastic book jacket cover. very fine cond. mint cond. looks brand new. as new. binding square & tight. covers clean. edges clean. contents free of all markings. dustwrapper in fine cond. not worn or torn or price clipped. gift quality. nice clean copy. no library markings, store stamps, stickers, bookplates, no names, inking , underlining, remainder markings etc ~first edition . first printing ( # 1 in # line). xxxi+394p.+photo credits. glossy b&w photo illustrations. 2 page b&w map of afghanistan with inset. acronyms & abbreviations. cast of characters. 4 appendices. acknowledgments. notes. index. world history. biography. politics. american foreign policy. war in afghanistan.~ "Anyone seeking to understand the nature of American war fighting in the twenty~first century, how it is both like and utterly unlike that of any previous one, needs to understand Petraeus, his remarkable career, his thinking, and his char acter. AllIn is an excellent place to start. It is tascmatina and insightful, informed by remarkable access to the man both on and off the battlefield." ~MARK BOWDEN, author of Black Hawk Down./ ~General David Petraeus is the most transformative leader the American military has seen since the generation of Marshall. In All In, military expert Paula Broadwell examines Petraeus's career, his intellectual development as a military officer, and his impact on the u.s. military. Afforded extensive access by General Petraeus, his mentors, his subordinates, and his longtime friends, Broadwell embedded with the general, his headquarters staff, and his soldiers on the front lines of fighting and at the strategic command in Afghanistan to chronicle the experiences of this American general as they were brought to bear in the terrible crucible of war. All In draws on hundreds of hours of exclusive interviews with Petraeus and his top officers and soldiers to tell the inside story of this commander's development and leadership in war from every vantage point. When Petraeus assumed command in Afghanistan in July 2010, the conflict looked as bleak as at any moment in America's nine years on the ground there. Perraeus's defining idea~counterinsurgency~was immediately put to its most difficult test: The hard lessons learned during the surge in Iraq were to be applied in a radically different theater. All In examines the impact in Afghanistan of new counterinsurgency and counterterrorism strategies through the commands of several Petraeus proteges, with special emphasis on those who, like Petraeus, have served with the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault). To inform this unprecedented reporting of Pet rae us's command in Afghanistan, Broadwell examines his evolution as a soldier from his education at West Point in the wake of Vietnam to his earlier service in Central America, Haiti, Kuwait, Bosnia, and Iraq. All In also documents the general's role in the war in Washington, going behind the scenes in Congress, the Pentagon, and the White House of negotiations during policy reviews of the war in Afghanistan. Broadwell ultimately appraises Petraeus's impact on the entire U.S. military: Thanks to this man's influence, the military is better prepared to fight using a comprehensive blend of civil~military activities. As America surveys a decade of untraditional warfare, this much is clear: The career of General David Petraeus profoundly shaped our military and left an indelible mark on its rising leaders. Paula Broadwell has more than a decade of military service and over a decade and a half of work in counterterrorism and counterinsurgency. She is a research associate at Harvard University's Center for Public Leadership and a PhD candidate at the University of London. She graduated with honors from the United States Military Academy and earned an M.A. degree from the University of Denver and an MPA degree from Harvard's Kennedy School of Government. She lives with her husband an.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine condition. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine dust jacket. NOT a library discard (illustratore). New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2014. SIGNED by the AUTHOR directly on the title page (NOT INSCRIBED -- his signature only, NOT personalized to anyone). Appears unread. Fine condition in a Near Fine dust jacket (only lightly rubbed). NO chips, tears or creases. NOT price clipped ($27.00). NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a remainder. Sharp corners. Pages are crisp, clean and unmarked - apparently never read. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. Bound in the original black cloth, stamped in silver on the spine. From the dust jacket: "Jack Devine ran Charlie Wilson's War in Afghanistan. It was the largest covert action of the Cold War, and it was Devine who put the brand-new Stinger missile into the hands of the mujahideen during their war with the Soviets, paving the way to a decisive victory against the Russians. He also pushed the CIA's effort to run down the narcotics trafficker Pablo Escobar in Colombia. He tried to warn the director of central intelligence, George Tenet, that there was a bullet coming from Iraq with his name on it. He was in Chile when Allende fell, and he had too much to do with Iran-Contra for his own taste, though he tried to stop it. And he tangled with Rick Ames, the KGB spy inside the CIA, and hunted Robert Hanssen, the mole in the FBI. GOOD HUNTING: AN AMERICAN SPYMASTER'S STORY is the spellbinding memoir of Devine's time in the Central Intelligence Agency, where he served for more than thirty years, rising to become the acting deputy director of operations, responsible for all of the CIA's spying operations. This is a story of intrigue and high-stakes maneuvering, all the more gripping when the fate of our geopolitical order hangs in the balance. But this book also sounds a warning to our nation's decision makers: covert operations, not costly and devastating full-scale interventions, are the best safeguard of America's interests worldwide. Part memoir, part historical redress, GOOD HUNTING debunks outright some of the myths surrounding the Agency and cautions against its misuses. Beneath the exotic allure - living abroad with his wife and six children, running operations in seven countries, and serving successive presidents from Nixon to Clinton - this is a realist, gimlet-eyed account of the Agency. Now, as Devine sees it, the CIA is trapped within a larger bureaucracy, losing swaths of turf to the military, and, most ominous of all, is becoming overly weighted toward paramilitary operations after a decade of war. Its capacity to do what it does best - spying and covert action - has been seriously degraded. GOOD HUNTING sheds light on some of the CIA's deepest secrets and spans an illustrious tenure - and never before has an acting deputy director of operations come forth with such an account. With the historical acumen of Steve Coll's GHOST WARS and gripping scenarios that evoke the novels of John le Carré even as they hew closely to the facts on the ground, Devine offers a master class in spycraft.". INSCRIBED / SIGNED by the AUTHOR. Hardcover. Fine condition/Near Fine dust jacket. Illus. by NOT a library discard. 8vo. (x), 325pp. + 8 pages of photos. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. First American Edition. Inscribed and dated by Jack Devine on title page. First edition stated but number line begins with a 2. Crisp, unread copy. Black paper covered boards have rubbing to front panel where some of the black paper has been eroded to small area. Author was one of the top men in the CIA and ran what became known as Charlie Wilsons War in Afghanistan which was later made into a fine film. Faint rubbing to jacket. In mylar. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed by Author.

1st edition dust jacket As New octavo 324pp., b/w plates, notes, index, Jack Devine ran Charlie Wilson's War in Afghanistan. It was the largest covert action of the Cold War, and it was Devine who put the brand-new Stinger missile into the hands of the mujahideen during their war with the Soviets, paving the way to a decisive victory against the Russians.