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In the Dark of War: A CIA Officer’s Inside Account of the U.S. Evacuation from Libya audiobook
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Review #1
In the Dark of War: A CIA Officer’s Inside Account of the U.S. Evacuation from Libya audiobook free
Anyone who has ever worked in a US embassy knows that there will always be a self-important martyr somewhere in the building. These folks arent always CIA, but often are. These people love to loudly remind you that they are quiet professionals. They post cryptic, vague messages on social media hinting that they might be busy saving the world, but arent allowed to talk about it – so dont ask. Then, eventually, they might end up writing books. This book reads like a cry for validation, admiration, and confirmation. The conflict was trying indeed, but the experience alone does not translate into subject matter expertise warranting a tell-all. There are thousands of other Americans navigating violent crises every single day and this book seemed to be a caricature illustrating how the author imagined her short time at post – not necessarily how those around her perceived her impact. Her cliched disdain for the ambassador speaks volumes. I guarantee that the ambassador was frustrated when a mid-career analyst thought they had seen and done it all. There were MANY other individuals (with far more experience) from multiple agencies that made this evacuation possible and it would have undoubtedly been successful if this particular author hadnt been there for her one-year assignment. This book felt forced.
Review #2
In the Dark of War: A CIA Officer’s Inside Account of the U.S. Evacuation from Libya audiobook streamming online
Dark of War is a memoir and insider history of Libyas unfolding civil war in 2013-14 told by a mid-level CIA analyst stationed there. You get the intelligence picture as it evolved, as understood on the ground by CIAs lone downrange analyst, and you get a large dose of that analyst. That dose is not altogether pretty, but understandable, and certainly forgivable. I found the book irritating mostly for trivial reasons. The author and CIA reviewers went overboard air-brushing away sources and methods. In this book, case officers dont meet with sources; they query their contacts. Job titles like case officer and chief of station dont even appear. Instead of renaming spooky colleagues in the usual way, Dave, not his real name, she uses radio call signs: Dave, not his real name becomes Reebok. The authors Christian persona comes through loud and clear, and there are some truly cringe-worthy, self-righteous passages. Then theres her icky down-range romance, which I really didnt need to hear about. The most interesting part of this book is the authors quarrelsomeness, almost a case study of PTSD in the making. There is something about lack of sleep and getting shot at (in her case, rocketed) that excites quarrelsomeness and overwrought thinking. Stuff happens; you later wonder what that was all about. The author didnt take to her main customer, the ambassador–ambassador with dog, high-end wardrobe, and State Department ways. More important, she didnt approve that the Obama Administration chose to stay out of Libyas nascent civil war. It appears she disapproved not out of dispassionate quibble with national leaderships reasoning, but because keeping to the sidelines made it hard for her to justify being there, in harms waybecause of the meaningless it imposed on her life. She struggled with expendability, with feeling expendable. Lack of sleep and all those explosions can make normal navel gazing seem so, well, life and death. It can warp thinking through matters at hand, be they feelings or the intelligence picture. This aspect of Sarah Carlson\’s story amounts to a 21st century version Achilles\’ tale.
Review #3
Audiobook In the Dark of War: A CIA Officer’s Inside Account of the U.S. Evacuation from Libya by Sarah M. Carlson
Exciting and easy read about an event few of us know – the evacuation of Libya a couple of years after Benghazi. Follow along the breathless journey with a CIA officer while she educates us all on the story behind the news. Ripping read.
Review #4
Audio In the Dark of War: A CIA Officer’s Inside Account of the U.S. Evacuation from Libya narrated by Teri Schnaubelt
Highly compelling story that explains what its like to be a woman on the frontlines of CIA field work. Learn how a CIA station dissolves its trail during chaos, how CIA supports the Ambassador (who, in this case, was a clueless bureaucrat) and collaborates with the military and security teams. I hope they make a Zero Dark Thirty-style movie out of this.
Review #5
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In The Dark of War is a must-read. She recounts the CIAs dangerous mission in Tripoli, Libya 2 years after the Benghazi attacks, intel collection in the midst of threats closing in on their location & a harrowing evacuation.
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