First Casualty: The Untold Story of the CIA Mission to Avenge 9/11

Format: Hardcover Language: English ISBN: 0316540951 ISBN13: 9780316540957 Release Date: September 2021 Publisher: Little Brown and Company Length: 432 Pages Weight: 1.60 lbs. Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.3" x 9.5" "Gripping...a terrific action narrative." -Max Hastings, The Sunday Times An award winning journalist reveals the dramatic true story of the CIA's Team Alpha, the first Americans to be dropped behind enemy lines in Afghanistan after 9/11.America is reeling; Al-Qaeda has struck and thousands are dead. The country scrambles to respond, but the Pentagon has no plan for Afghanistan--where Osama bin Laden masterminded the attack and is protected by the Taliban. Instead, the CIA steps forward to spearhead the war. Eight CIA officers are dropped into the mountains of northern Afghanistan on October 17, 2001. They are Team Alpha, an eclectic band of linguists, tribal experts, and elite warriors: the first Americans to operate inside Taliban territory. Their covert mis