The Third Option - An American View of Counterinsurgency Operations

"Ted Shackley, military intelligence officer and counterinsurgency expert, presents a shocking, eye-opening report detailing the four stages of insurgency movements and reveals the most effective ways to crush them. Exciting close-ups on events in Spain, El Salvador, the Western Sahara, and Angola spotlight the dangers and show why America's best defense may be. The Third Option." - back cover. "A major contribution to the debate as to how our will and strength should be properly developed." - William E. Colby. "An interesting look into American policy and low-intensity conflicts (LIC). Shackley a retired CIA executive lays forth a detailed revitalized United States special operations and covert operations capacity in LIC and operations. This book is a classic must read for military historians." - online review. 144 pages. Bibliography. Index. "Ted Shackley (1927-2002) was an American CIA officer involved in many important and controversial CIA operations during the 1960s and 1970s. He is one of the most decorated CIA officers. In the early 1960s, his work included being station chief in Miami, during the period of the Cuban Missile Crisis, as well as the Cuban Project (also known as Operation Mongoose), which he directed. He was also said to be the director of the 'Phoenix Program' during the Vietnam War, as well as the CIA station chief in Laos between 1966 and 1968, and Saigon station chief from 1968 through February 1972. In 1976, he was appointed Associate Deputy Director for Operations, second in charge of CIA covert operations." - Wikipedia. Unmarked. Binding intact. Moderate tanning to contents. Portions of front cover missing from fore- and top edges. Small loss to corners of back cover. A worthy reference example.; 16mo.…