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Dictators and Diplomats: A Special Agent's Memoir and Musings
Hardcover
Biographies GeneralGeneral Military HistoryInternational Relations
ISBN13: 9780997970302
Publisher: Nobility Press, LLC
Published: Mar 12 2018
Pages: 378
Weight: 1.26
Height: 0.88 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
Be prepared for a peek behind the governmental veil and historical perspectives never before shared. Dictators and Diplomats is a fascinating memoir offering a glimpse into the extraordinary life of a U.S. Security Attaché. Robert W. Starnes' international law enforcement career took him to six continents while encountering terrorism, counterintelligence, executive protections, and criminal investigations.
- Relive a chemical terrorist threat in New Zealand against U.S. golfer Tiger Woods.
- Return to Libya during Col. Muammar Gaddafi's dictatorial reign.
- Become stranded in Brazil with a suspected high-ranking Hezbollah terrorist.
- Relish in the success of disrupting a Lebanese terrorist plot to bomb a U.S. Embassy.
- Arrest a Pakistani defector and terrorist two weeks from joining the U.S. army Airborne.
- Run the gauntlet of a planned siege of a U.S. Embassy during a coup d'état.
- Brushes with death during Guatemala's civil war.
- Scour the Samoan jungles to rescue children from an abusive behavior modification camp.
- Restore security after the arson attack against the Texas Governor's Mansion.
- Enact an Elliott Nest strategy used against gangster Al Capone to disrupt mafia figures.
- Trade moves with the infamous Love Bandit who stole the hearts of lonely women.
You'll enjoy these adventurous reflections in this well-written memoir that is factual, informative, honest, and, at times, cleverly humorous.
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