Surprise, Kill, Vanish: The Secret History of CIA Paramilitary Armies, Operators, and Assassins — The Hidden Third Option
What happens when a government creates a permanent capability for lethal action in the space between diplomacy and declared war?
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Using Surprise, Kill, Vanish: The Secret History of CIA Paramilitary Armies, Operators, and Assassins by Annie Jacobsen as its lens, this Deep Dive investigates the development of covert action as the president’s “third option.”
Jacobsen traces the institutional lineage from the British Special Operations Executive and the American Office of Strategic Services to the CIA’s paramilitary…
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