Agent Storm : my life inside Al Qaeda and the CIA
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New York, NY : Atlantic Monthly Press, [2014].
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Published
New York, NY : Atlantic Monthly Press, [2014].
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Book
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xi, 403 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of color plates : illustrations, map ; 24 cm.
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English
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"First published in Great Britain in 2014 by the Penguin Group"--Title-page verso.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 369-[393]) and index.
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A Danish national-turned-associate of al Qaeda provides an inside look at his decade as a radical Islamist, as well as his ultimate decision to leave the jihadist life and become a double agent for the CIA and British and Danish intelligence.
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Morten Storm was an unlikely jihadi. A six-foot-one red-haired Dane, Storm spent his teens in and out of trouble. A book about the Prophet Mohammed prompted his conversion to Islam, and Storm sought purpose in a community of believers. He attended a militant madrasah in Yemen, named his son Osama, and became close friends with Anwar al-Awlaki, the American-born terrorist cleric. But after a decade of jihadi life, he not only repudiated extremism but, in a quest for atonement, became a double agent for the CIA and British and Danish intelligence. Agent Storm takes readers inside the jihadist world like never before, showing the daily life of idealistic men set on mass murder, from dodging drones with al-Qaeda leaders in the Arabian desert to training in extremist gyms in Britain and performing supply drops in Kenya. The book also provides a tantalizing look at his dangerous life undercover, as Storm traveled the world for missions targeting its most dangerous terrorists, and into the world's most powerful spy agencies: their tradecraft, rivalries, and late-night carousing, as well as their ruthless use of a beautiful blonde in an ambitious honey trap. Agent Storm is a captivating real-life thriller.--From publisher description.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Storm, M., Cruickshank, P., & Lister, T. (. (2014). Agent Storm: my life inside Al Qaeda and the CIA . Atlantic Monthly Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Storm, Morten, Paul, Cruickshank and Tim (Journalist), Lister. 2014. Agent Storm: My Life Inside Al Qaeda and the CIA. Atlantic Monthly Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Storm, Morten, Paul, Cruickshank and Tim (Journalist), Lister. Agent Storm: My Life Inside Al Qaeda and the CIA Atlantic Monthly Press, 2014.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Storm, Morten,, Paul Cruickshank, and Tim (Journalist) Lister. Agent Storm: My Life Inside Al Qaeda and the CIA Atlantic Monthly Press, 2014.
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