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No Shadows in the Desert

Murder, Espionage, Vengeance, and the Untold Story of the Destruction of ISIS

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No Shadows in the Desert

By: Samuel M. Katz
Narrated by: Sean Patrick Hopkins
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 The inside story of the covert operation that took down the heads of ISIS

No Shadows in the Desert reveals the untold story of the behind-the-scenes fight against ISIS—one coordinated by heads of state and ultimately fought in the alleyways and open deserts of the Middle Eastern battlefield by spies and soldiers. Samuel M. Katz draws upon his sources within the global intelligence and counterterrorism community, as well as the international special operations and espionage fraternity, to tell the story of the covert campaign against ISIS by the operatives who ventured deeply and secretly into enemy territory.

In this first-ever look at the secret inner workings of an Arab secret service, Katz tells the story of Jordan’s GID, the masters of human intelligence on the espionage battlefields of the Middle East, who proved pivotal and crucial go-to allies of the CIA and America’s other intelligence agencies in the war against ISIS and the war on terror. With the revealing and intimate insight of the intelligence officers who fought ISIS, No Shadows in the Desert is a rare glimpse into how a strategic partnership helped change how terrorism is fought in the Middle East and beyond.

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Compelling account of the war against ISIS, finishing with a damming indictment of Donald Trump's foreign policy.

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Until I read (listened to) this book I had no idea of how much the Jordanian intelligence services helped win the war against ISIS. The world naturally assumed it was the CIA and the coalition military forces that did all the work, so this eye-opening account of that horrific period provides a little known aspect by giving credit to the Jordanians for their priceless and pivotal role. Another first-rate story by Samuel M. Katz and a narration of note by Sean Patrick Hopkins.

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