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1. Blowback
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US President Keegan Barrett has swept into office on his success as Director of the CIA. Six months into his first term, he devises a clandestine power grab with deadly consequences. Barrett personally orders Special Agents Liam Grey and Noa Himel to execute his plan, but their loyalties are divided. The CIA serves at the pleasure of the president, yet they've sworn to support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign...
2. Blowback
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Atria Books
Pub. Date:
[2023]
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English
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4 stars
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Donald Trump will be president again, whether he is on the ballot or not. That is because Trumpism is overtaking the Republican Party and will mount a vigorous comeback, potentially in the hands of a savvier successor--The Next Trump. This prophecy will come true, according to Miles Taylor, if we do not learn the lessons of the recent past. With the 2024 election approaching, the formerly "Anonymous" official is back with bombshell revelations and...
5. Blowback
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"To prevent a second, and a third and a fourth murder, the detective narrator who has no name must solve the mystery that surrounds a quiet fishing camp in the California Mother Lode country. Is it the missing Oriental carpet or Angela's infidelity -- a peacock feather or a stolen charcoal sketch which set the murder in motion?"
6. Blowback
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Silencer volume 4
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English
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After the circumstances of Agent 17's death, the CIA turns to a specialist to help track down the man they think is responsible-John Smith. Though Recker knows Centurion is coming, he doesn't change how he operates and winds up on police surveillance cameras. Feeling the walls closing in, Jones wants to pack up and move to a new city, though Recker has reservations about leaving. It all boils down to a final confrontation between Recker and his former...
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The term "blowback," invented by the CIA, refers to the unintended consequences of American actions abroad. In this incisive and controversial book, Chalmers Johnson lays out in vivid detail the dangers faced by our overextended empire and reveals the ways in which our misguided policies are planting the seeds of future disaster.
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Task Force Epsilon volume 2
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English
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The Defense Intelligence Agency's Bridget Davenport was in the strike zone when the terrorists attacked. Claiming responsibility is Al-Souri, a jihadist who has consolidated multiple extremist cells in Syria. He plans to establish his own rule and wage all-out war against the West. For Blowback to succeed, Bridget needs a covert operative to infiltrate Al-Souri's forces. U. S. Army Lieutenant Faraz Abdallah is still recovering from his last mission....
9. Blowback
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Henry Holt and Co
Pub. Date:
2001
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English
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An explosive account of the resentments American policies are sowing around the world and of the payback that will be our harvest in the twenty-first century. Blowback, a term invented by the CIA, refers to the united consequences of American policies. In this sure-to-be-controversial book, Chalmers Johnson lays out in vivid detail the dangers faced by our overextended empire, which insists on projecting its military power to every corner of the earth...
10. Blowback
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HarperCollins
Pub. Date:
2013
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English
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blowback \blo-bak\ n: the unintended results of covert intelligence operations that come back to haunt you. When the Unthinkable Happens- On India's border a weapon of mass destruction has begun a terrifying countdown toward Armageddon. A Conspiracy Unfolds- In Washington, D.C., Richard Whelan, National Security Advisor to the President and one of the most powerful men in the administration, has just been framed for the murder of his ex-girlfriend,...
11. Blowback
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Lisa Hughey
Pub. Date:
2012
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English
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Blowback: a deadly unintended consequence of a covert operation Thirteen years ago, Jamie Hunt sacrificed everything to keep her sister protected and safe. Now she lives alone, works alone, survives alone. When a covert mission goes horribly wrong, suddenly she can trust no one. Not her boss, not her agency, not even herself. Lucas Goodman, former FBI agent turned PI, is on the trail of a missing teenager when his investigation leads him to Jamie....
12. Blowback
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Publisher:
foremost
Pub. Date:
2009
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English
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Thugs burst into Dr. Wade Turklen's home, brutally assaulting his wife and two teenage daughters. He is shot and left for dead. Was his family the victims of a random attack or was he the target, and his family killed only to cover that fact? Fueled by hatred and bent on revenge, he sets out on a mission that may very well destroy the very essence of whom he believes himself to be.
13. Blowback
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Lyn Gala
Pub. Date:
2018
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English
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Humans have an uneasy relationship with the aliens in their part of space, and Tom hopes that his ship never sees another war. Other than that, he has few ambitions. He's given up on finding a strong woman who will indulge his need to be dominated, especially since he tends to intimidate everyone. That's part of his job as a security officer. However one of his crew is alien, and Da'shay's seems intent on pursuing Tom. She's aggressive, which Tom...
14. Blowback
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Stuart Jaffe
Pub. Date:
2022
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English
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Nathan K - he can hold two souls in his body. If he dies, he loses one yet lives on with the other. As long as he replenishes his second soul, he cannot be killed. Nathan K is immortal. ON THE RUN After killing Russo, one of the top Immortals, Nathan needs to get into the United States to hunt down his final target - Larkin. But such violent actions have equally violent consequences. Larkin has put out a bounty and sent his best people after Nathan....
15. Blowback
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Publisher:
E Minor Press
Pub. Date:
2023
Language:
English
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When the power aboard Zyga Space Station cuts out during a meeting with a client, Finder Vince Grable immediately suspects foul play. The power never dies. Ever. Searching for the truth reveals a tangled web of extortion, greed, and cold-blooded ambition. Vince and his assistant Bella Escovedo soon find themselves racing the clock-and face an impossible dilemma. Pursue this case to the end and risk losing everything they hold let a terrifying possibility...
16. Blowback
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Indies United Publishing House, LLC
Pub. Date:
2020
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English
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Every story needs a beginning. The story of Louisiana State Police Detective Cadillac Holland's legend began with what should have been a simple fugitive case. It's hard to find a man who doesn't want to be found, and harder still when you have trouble telling the destruction left in the wake of Hurricane Katrina from the bombed out streets of Baghdad you left behind in an ambush that nearly took your life. Detective Holland is building a reputation...
17. Blowback
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NEMO PUBLISHING
Pub. Date:
2020
Language:
English
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Blowback is another name for the unforeseen consequences of one's actions. It also describes the consequences of assigning Louisiana State Police Detective "Cadillac" Holland to track down a homicide fugitive the prosecutor released by accident. This is the first book in the Cadillac Holland Mysteries series and we learn how he earns his nickname, but are also, introduced to a cast of characters who will be with him through the remaining books as...
18. Blowback
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Open Road Media
Pub. Date:
2014
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English
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The true story of how US intelligence organizations employed Nazi war criminals in clandestine warfare and propaganda against the USSR, anticolonial revolutionaries, and progressive movements worldwide that were claimed to be Soviet pawns; includes a new, previously suppressed introduction by the author on the CIA's declassification of Nazi-related records Even before the final shots of World War II were fired, another war began-a cold war that pitted...
19. Blowback
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Series:
Titus Black volume 5
Publisher:
Findaway Voices
Pub. Date:
2022
Language:
English
Description:
The deadliest bombs don't tick … they just explode. When an asset at an Iranian nuclear facility gets left behind in a massive exodus of Mossad agents from Iran, Black gets tasked with extracting her. But the simple assignment opens up a world of questions for Black and the Firestorm team, leading down a path to a deadly conspiracy. Black and his partner Christina Shields must criss-cross the globe searching for answers in a high-stakes game. And...
20. Blowback
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Series:
Vanessa Pierson volume 1
Publisher:
Dreamscape Media
Pub. Date:
2013
Language:
English
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Covert CIA ops officer Vanessa Pierson is finally close to capturing the world's most dangerous international nuclear arms dealer: Bhoot, alias the ghost. One of her assets has information about Bhoot's upcoming visit to a secret underground nuclear weapons facility in Iran. But just as Pierson's informant is about to give her the location, they're ambushed by an expert sniper. Pierson narrowly escapes. Her asset: dead. Desperate to capture Bhoot...