Surprise, Kill, Vanish

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From the dawn of the Cold War to the present day, when diplomacy has failed and war is unwise, the President has called on the CIA's Special Activities Division -- a highly classified branch of the CIA and the most effective, top-secret killing machine in the world. With unprecedented access tot he CIA's Senior Intelligence Service -- it's counterterrorism chiefs, targeting officers, and ground operators who conduct today's close-quarters killing operations around the world -- this book unveils a complex world of individuals working in treacherous environments populated with killers, connivers and politicians. Following this global history of ruthless operations of sabotage, subversion and even assassination, Annie Jacobsen reveals for the first time the sheer depth of this shocking, controversial and morally complex division