Ghost: Confessions of a Counterterrorism Agent
by Fred Burton
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Author: Fred BurtonEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2009-06-09
ISBN: 0345494253
Number of pages: 288
Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks
Book Reviews of Ghost: Confessions of a Counterterrorism Agent
Book Review: Burton is not a counterterrorism agent
Summary: 1 Stars
The title of this book "Ghost: Confessions of a counterterrorism Agent" might lead one to think the author spent his years doing cloak and dagger work, infultrating and taking down terrorist and their organizations. That is not the case. This book is nothing more than a handful of stories where the author comes to the scene after the terrorist incident has happened. In just about every scenario the author is sitting around the house or at his office in Langley when the phone rings informing him of another terrorist incident has happened. He goes to the scene does a little investigating and writes a report detailing who or what caused the attack and what might be done to prevent another attack. In this book the author does not infultrate any terrorist organization, nor does he prevent any terrorist attacks. He is only, what I would consider, a post incident investigator of terrorist attacks, not a counterterrorism agent.
Since all the stories of his terrorism investigations are just about the same the book gets old very quickly. Nothing new or groundbreaking is revealed in this book. Would not recommend.
Summary of Ghost: Confessions of a Counterterrorism Agent
In this hard-hitting memoir, Fred Burton, a key figure in international counterterrorism and domestic spycraft, emerges from the shadows to reveal who he is, what he has accomplished, and the threats that lurk unseen except by an experienced, worldly-wise few. Plunging readers into the murky world of violent religious extremism that spans the streets of Middle Eastern cities and the informant-filled alleys of American slums, Burton takes us behind the scenes to reveal how the United States tracked Libya-linked master terrorist Abu Nidal; captured Ramzi Yusef, architect of the 1993 World Trade Center bombing; and pursued the assassins of major figures including Yitzhak Rabin, Meir Kahane, and General Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq, the president of Pakistan?classic cases that have sobering new meaning in the treacherous years since 9/11. Here, too, is Burton?s advice on personal safety for today?s most powerful CEOs, gleaned from his experience at Stratfor, the private firm Barron?s calls ?the shadow CIA.?Told in a no-holds-barred, gripping, nuanced style that illuminates a complex and driven man, Ghost is both a riveting read and an illuminating look into the shadows of the most important struggle of our time.
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