The Resource Operation Shakespeare : the true story of an elite international sting, John Shiffman
Operation Shakespeare : the true story of an elite international sting, John Shiffman
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- Summary
- "A Pulitzer Prize finalist presents the rare and intimate narrative of a daring national security sting designed to protect US soldiers, sailors, and pilots from the greatest danger they face on the battlefield--an enemy equipped with American-made weapons and technology. In Operation Shakespeare, investigative journalist John Shiffman traces an audacious and high-risk undercover operation--from Philadelphia to Shiraz to London to Beverly Hills to Tbilisi and Dubai. The sting is launched by an elite undercover Homeland Security unit created to stop the Iranians, Russians, Chinese, Pakistanis, and North Koreans from acquiring sophisticated American-made electronics capable of guiding missiles, jamming radar, and triggering countless weapons--from wireless IEDs to nuclear bombs. The US agents must outwit not only enemy brokers, but American manufacturers and global bankers too willing to put profit over national security. The three-year sting in Operation Shakespeare climaxes when the US agents lure the Iranian broker to a former Soviet republic with the promise of American-made radar, fighter-jet and missile components, then secretly drag him back to the United States, where he is held in secret for two years. The laptop the Iranian carries into the sting provides the CIA with a treasure trove, a virtual roadmap to Tehran's clandestine effort to obtain US military technology. Tenacious, richly detailed, broad in scope, and emotionally powerful--and boasting unprecedented access to the government agents fighting this shadow war, as well as the captured Iranian arms broker--Operation Shakespeare is a fast-paced and masterful account of the covert effort to preserve American military supremacy, and to protect US troops"--
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
- Extent
- xii, 267 pages
- Contents
-
- Tbilisi, Georgia, and Iskandariyah, Iraq
- The lure (2004-2007). The storefront : Yardley, Pennsylvania ; The capitalist : Shiraz, Iran ; The captain : Suitland, Maryland ; The producer : Philadelphia, Pennsylvania ; The informant : London, England ; The bazaar : Dubai, United Arab Emirates ; Love and profit : Shiraz, Iran ; A warning : Philadelphia, Pennsylvania ; Propositions : Shiraz, Iran ; The magician : Frankfurt, Germany ; "A hero with the Ministry of Defense" : Wilmington, Delaware ; Shakespeare : Wilmington, Delaware ; Contagious enthusiasm : Shiraz, Iran
- The sting (2007). Mother Georgia : Tbilisi, Georgia ; Arrival : Baku, Azerbaijan ; The magic show : Tbilisi, Georgia ; "They think the war is coming" : Tbilisi, Georgia ; "Very rich men" : Tbilisi, Georgia ; Takedown : Tbilisi, Georgia
- The secret prisoner (2007-2012). Coups and complications : Tbilisi, Georgia ; Extraction : Tbilisi, Georgia
- Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands
- Isbn
- 9781451655131
- Label
- Operation Shakespeare : the true story of an elite international sting
- Title
- Operation Shakespeare
- Title remainder
- the true story of an elite international sting
- Statement of responsibility
- John Shiffman
- Subject
-
- Operation Shakespeare, 2004-2009
- POLITICAL SCIENCE / General
- POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / Arms Control
- POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom & Security / International Security
- Intelligence service -- United States
- Terrorism -- United States -- Prevention
- Undercover operations -- United States
- United States, Department of Homeland Security
- War on Terrorism, 2001-2009
- Technology transfer -- Government policy -- United States
- National security -- United States
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "A Pulitzer Prize finalist presents the rare and intimate narrative of a daring national security sting designed to protect US soldiers, sailors, and pilots from the greatest danger they face on the battlefield--an enemy equipped with American-made weapons and technology. In Operation Shakespeare, investigative journalist John Shiffman traces an audacious and high-risk undercover operation--from Philadelphia to Shiraz to London to Beverly Hills to Tbilisi and Dubai. The sting is launched by an elite undercover Homeland Security unit created to stop the Iranians, Russians, Chinese, Pakistanis, and North Koreans from acquiring sophisticated American-made electronics capable of guiding missiles, jamming radar, and triggering countless weapons--from wireless IEDs to nuclear bombs. The US agents must outwit not only enemy brokers, but American manufacturers and global bankers too willing to put profit over national security. The three-year sting in Operation Shakespeare climaxes when the US agents lure the Iranian broker to a former Soviet republic with the promise of American-made radar, fighter-jet and missile components, then secretly drag him back to the United States, where he is held in secret for two years. The laptop the Iranian carries into the sting provides the CIA with a treasure trove, a virtual roadmap to Tehran's clandestine effort to obtain US military technology. Tenacious, richly detailed, broad in scope, and emotionally powerful--and boasting unprecedented access to the government agents fighting this shadow war, as well as the captured Iranian arms broker--Operation Shakespeare is a fast-paced and masterful account of the covert effort to preserve American military supremacy, and to protect US troops"--
- Assigning source
- Provided by publisher
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Shiffman, John
- Dewey number
- 338.973/06
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- T174.3
- LC item number
- .S58 2014
- Literary form
- non fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Operation Shakespeare, 2004-2009
- Technology transfer
- Undercover operations
- War on Terrorism, 2001-2009
- Terrorism
- National security
- Intelligence service
- United States
- POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / Arms Control
- POLITICAL SCIENCE / General
- POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom & Security / International Security
- Label
- Operation Shakespeare : the true story of an elite international sting, John Shiffman
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Tbilisi, Georgia, and Iskandariyah, Iraq -- The lure (2004-2007). The storefront : Yardley, Pennsylvania ; The capitalist : Shiraz, Iran ; The captain : Suitland, Maryland ; The producer : Philadelphia, Pennsylvania ; The informant : London, England ; The bazaar : Dubai, United Arab Emirates ; Love and profit : Shiraz, Iran ; A warning : Philadelphia, Pennsylvania ; Propositions : Shiraz, Iran ; The magician : Frankfurt, Germany ; "A hero with the Ministry of Defense" : Wilmington, Delaware ; Shakespeare : Wilmington, Delaware ; Contagious enthusiasm : Shiraz, Iran -- The sting (2007). Mother Georgia : Tbilisi, Georgia ; Arrival : Baku, Azerbaijan ; The magic show : Tbilisi, Georgia ; "They think the war is coming" : Tbilisi, Georgia ; "Very rich men" : Tbilisi, Georgia ; Takedown : Tbilisi, Georgia -- The secret prisoner (2007-2012). Coups and complications : Tbilisi, Georgia ; Extraction : Tbilisi, Georgia -- Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands
- Control code
- 1558390
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
- Extent
- xii, 267 pages
- Isbn
- 9781451655131
- Isbn Type
- (hardback)
- Lccn
- 2013037116
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) 1558390
- (OCoLC)870335227
- Label
- Operation Shakespeare : the true story of an elite international sting, John Shiffman
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Tbilisi, Georgia, and Iskandariyah, Iraq -- The lure (2004-2007). The storefront : Yardley, Pennsylvania ; The capitalist : Shiraz, Iran ; The captain : Suitland, Maryland ; The producer : Philadelphia, Pennsylvania ; The informant : London, England ; The bazaar : Dubai, United Arab Emirates ; Love and profit : Shiraz, Iran ; A warning : Philadelphia, Pennsylvania ; Propositions : Shiraz, Iran ; The magician : Frankfurt, Germany ; "A hero with the Ministry of Defense" : Wilmington, Delaware ; Shakespeare : Wilmington, Delaware ; Contagious enthusiasm : Shiraz, Iran -- The sting (2007). Mother Georgia : Tbilisi, Georgia ; Arrival : Baku, Azerbaijan ; The magic show : Tbilisi, Georgia ; "They think the war is coming" : Tbilisi, Georgia ; "Very rich men" : Tbilisi, Georgia ; Takedown : Tbilisi, Georgia -- The secret prisoner (2007-2012). Coups and complications : Tbilisi, Georgia ; Extraction : Tbilisi, Georgia -- Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands
- Control code
- 1558390
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
- Extent
- xii, 267 pages
- Isbn
- 9781451655131
- Isbn Type
- (hardback)
- Lccn
- 2013037116
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) 1558390
- (OCoLC)870335227
Subject
- Operation Shakespeare, 2004-2009
- POLITICAL SCIENCE / General
- POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / Arms Control
- POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom & Security / International Security
- Intelligence service -- United States
- Terrorism -- United States -- Prevention
- Undercover operations -- United States
- United States, Department of Homeland Security
- War on Terrorism, 2001-2009
- Technology transfer -- Government policy -- United States
- National security -- United States
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