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Surpresa, Morte e Fuga

A História Secreta dos Exércitos Paramilitares, Operadores e Assassinos da CIA

Annie Jacobsen
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Visão geral de Surpresa, Morte e Fuga

A obra de sucesso da finalista do Pulitzer, Annie Jacobsen, expõe os programas de assassinato secretos da CIA através de um acesso sem precedentes a 42 agentes. Apresentada no podcast de Joe Rogan, esta investigação chocante questiona: Seria a força paramilitar secreta da América a nossa maior força ou uma responsabilidade moral?

Temas principais em Surpresa, Morte e Fuga

  • paramilitary operations
  • targeted killing
  • plausible deniability
  • covert action
  • unconventional warfare

Citações de Surpresa, Morte e Fuga

  • The agency’s paramilitary arm is called Special Activities Division, or SAD.

  • The CIA’s list of enemies grew to include democratically elected leaders.

  • The idea was to use the Mafia as a weapon against Castro.

  • The Church Committee concluded that the CIA had become a rogue elephant.

  • Have we crossed a moral Rubicon?

Personagens de Surpresa, Morte e Fuga

  • William "Wild Bill" DonovanLeader of the OSS and pioneer of intelligence
  • Billy WaughLegendary covert operator from Vietnam to bin Laden
  • Aaron BankOSS officer and expert in guerrilla warfare
  • Jack SinglaubCIA paramilitary leader and innovator of HALO jumps
  • Frank WisnerCIA official who directed early covert operations

Sobre o Autor

Sobre o autor de Surpresa, Morte e Fuga

Annie Jacobsen é finalista do Prêmio Pulitzer, autora best-seller do New York Times e jornalista investigativa que escreveu Surprise, Kill, Vanish, uma exploração envolvente sobre operações secretas da CIA e atividades paramilitares. Formada em Princeton, Jacobsen é especialista em guerra, armamentos, segredo governamental e segurança nacional, trazendo para seu trabalho uma pesquisa meticulosa e um acesso sem precedentes a informantes da inteligência. Sua abordagem investigativa revela os mecanismos ocultos por trás dos programas mais secretos da América, desde assassinatos seletivos até guerras clandestinas.

Jacobsen é autora de oito livros aclamados, incluindo Area 51, Operation Paperclip, The Pentagon's Brain e o best-seller internacional Nuclear War: A Scenario, que está sendo adaptado para o cinema com direção de Denis Villeneuve.

Ela já apareceu em plataformas que variam do PBS NewsHour ao The Joe Rogan Experience e escreve e produz para a televisão, incluindo Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan para o Amazon Studios. A Apple relatou Surprise, Kill, Vanish como um dos audiolivros de não ficção mais populares de 2019, e seu trabalho foi traduzido para mais de uma dúzia de idiomas.

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