Left of Boom: How a Young CIA Case Officer Penetrated the Taliban and Al-Qaeda
Laux, Douglas; Pezzullo, Ralph
Language: English
Published by St. Martin's Press, 2016
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- Title
- Left of Boom: How a Young CIA Case Officer Penetrated the Taliban and Al-Qaeda
- Author
- Laux, Douglas; Pezzullo, Ralph
- Publisher
- St. Martin's Press
- Publication year
- 2016
- Condition
- very_good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 125008136X
- ISBN 13
- 9781250081360
The explosive New York Times bestseller!
On September 11, 2001, Doug Laux was a freshman in college, on the path to becoming a doctor. But with the fall of the Twin Towers came a turning point in his life. After graduating he joined the Central Intelligence Agency, determined to get himself to Afghanistan and into the center of the action. Through persistence and hard work he was fast-tracked to a clandestine operations position overseas. Dropped into a remote region of Afghanistan, he received his baptism by fire. Frustrated by bureaucratic red tape, a widespread lack of knowledge of the local customs and culture and an attitude of complacency that hindered his ability to combat the local Taliban, Doug confounded his peers by dressing like a native and mastering the local dialect, making contact and building sources within several deadly terrorist networks. His new approach resulted in unprecedented successes, including uncovering the largest IED network in the world, responsible for killing hundreds of US soldiers. Meanwhile, Doug had to keep up false pretenses with his family, girlfriend and friends--nobody could know what he did for a living--and deal with the emotional turbulence of constantly living a lie. His double life was building to an explosive resolution, with repercussions that would have far reaching consequences.
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He joined the CIA after a short stint working for the shipping company DHL following his graduation from IU. Doug was an officer in the Near East Division and served multiple tours in Afghanistan and the Middle East. Upon his departure from the CIA, he served with Joint Special Operations Command until 2016. In April 2016, Douglas published a New York Times Bestselling memoir, Left of Boom: How A Young CIA Case Officer Penetrated the Taliban and Al-Qaeda.
A year later, he appeared in six episodes of the Discovery Channel series Finding Escobar's Millions, which debuted on November 3, 2017. He is also credited as the executive producer and creator of the series. In September 2017, his photography was featured in a Playboy Magazine article entitled, "In The Path of the Totality: Notes of a Veteran Chasing the Eclipse." Debuting on January 20, 2020, he appeared in eight episodes of the Bravo Channel series Spy Games. Doug's role was as an "Assessor" responsible for building challenges for contestants and then critiquing them on their performance.
In the fall of 2019, Douglas founded the non-profit organization CVLSRVNT to better support active duty veterans deployed overseas. He has been publicly recognized for his heroism and dedication to the United States by President Barrack Obama, President Joe Biden, Senator Sherrod Brown, Senator Rick Scott, Representative Warren Davidson, Representative Jim Banks, Representative Debbie
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