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Operation Dark Heart

Spycraft and Special Ops on the Frontlines of Afghanistan—and the Path to Victory

by Anthony Shaffer
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The "fascinating" New York Times bestseller by a black-ops team leader about what really went on—and went wrong—in Afghanistan (Booklist).
Lt. Col. Anthony Shaffer led a black-ops team on the forefront of the military efforts to block the Taliban's resurgence. For a moment he saw us winning the war. Then the military brass got involved. He witnessed firsthand the tipping point, when what seemed like certain victory turned into failure.
This wasn't the first time he had seen bureaucracy stand in the way of national security. He had participated in Able Danger, the aborted intelligence operation that identified many of the future 9/11 terrorists but failed to pursue them. His attempt to reveal the truth to the 9/11 Commission would not go over well with the higher-ups.
Operation Dark Heart made headlines when the Department of Defense bought the entire unredacted first printing. The book's revised second printing includes redactions, which, according to the New York Times, "offer a rare glimpse behind the bureaucratic veil that clocks information the government considers too important for public airing." But Operation Dark Heart remains a stirring indictment against military bureaucracy and a culture of cover-ups.
"Takes you inside the espionage world, a labyrinth of secret agencies that do not like to share secrets." —Army Times
"Frequently reads like an adventure novel." —Booklist
"A gripping account, filled with amazing detail, of an otherwise secret world. Shaffer has the instincts of a thriller writer and the knowledge and perspective of the professional insider. Operation Dark Heart is a fascinating page-turner." —Doug Stanton, New York Times–bestselling author of Horse Soldiers

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    May 1, 2024

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      • ISBN: 9781429965194

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    • English

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    • Library Journal

      October 15, 2010

      Shaffer, now an officer in the U.S. Army Reserve, was for years a covert intelligence operative for the Pentagon. In this autobiographical account of his work in Afghanistan and his eventual fall from grace at the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), he describes some of his experiences. After galleys were distributed, the Pentagon, with second thoughts about its approval of the book's release, bought up the entire first print run. The newly approved edition has all the same pages but with numerous redactions blacking out parts of the text. Like many autobiographies, this one seems self-serving and should not necessarily be taken fully at face value. Shaffer includes his formula for winning the seemingly endless war in Afghanistan. Readers interested in real-life spy stories will be attracted, and there is likely to be increased interest now that the book has been in the news.

      Copyright 2010 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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