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Viking, 2018. 1st Edition 5th Printing. Hardcover. As New/New. B&W era photo section. CONDITION: What makes this book "As New" - Tiny red remainder dot bottom edges. UNREAD 2018 Viking hardcover (gray boards) and dust jacket, first edition, 5th printing. B&W era photo section. CONTENT: The former Director of National Intelligence's candid and compelling account of the intelligence community's successes--and failures--in facing some of the greatest threats to America When he stepped down in January 2017 as the fourth United States director of national intelligence, James Clapper had been President Obama's senior intelligence adviser for six and a half years, longer than his three predecessors combined. He led the U.S. intelligence community through a period that included the raid on Osama bin Laden, the Benghazi attack, the leaks of Edward Snowden, and Russia's influence operation during the 2016 U.S. election campaign. In Facts and Fears, Clapper traces his career through the growing threat of… Read More

Steerforth Press, 2020. 1st Paperback Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. New/No Jacket Issued. Color photo section. CONDITION: NEW 2020 Steerforth Press trade paperback, UPDATED information, first paperback edition, first printing. Substantial color photo section. CONTENT: Investigative journalist Michele R. McPhee reports the details and delivers the facts, piecing together the puzzle so readers are able to come to their own conclusions. This page-turning narrative goes a long way toward answering questions that still linger about the notorious Boston Marathon bombing, such as: Where were the bombs made? And what had been Tamerlan Tsarnaev's relationship to the FBI? Mayhem casts a spotlight on the U.S. Government's relationship with the older Tsarnaev brother as his younger brother, Dzhokhar, will continue his efforts to have his death sentence commuted in October, just days after the Boston Marathon will be run for the first time since 2019. The federal government may be forced to… Read More

Penguin/Random House, 2019. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/New. Chapter decorations. CONDITION: AS NEW - why? small remainder dot bottom edges at spine. UNREAD 2019 Penguin/Random House hardcover (black boards with the Author's initials embossed foil) and dust jacket, first edition, first printing. Chapter decorations. CONTENT: From a decorated Marine war veteran and National Book Award finalist, an astonishing reckoning with the nature of combat and the human cost of the wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Syria. Toward the beginning of Places and Names, Elliot Ackerman sits in a refugee camp in southern Turkey, across the table from a man named Abu Hassar, who fought for al-Qaeda in Iraq and whose connections to the Islamic State are murky. At first, Ackerman pretends to have been a journalist during the Iraq War, but after establishing a rapport with Abu Hassar, he takes a risk by revealing to him that in fact he was a Marine special operation officer. Ackerman then draws the… Read More