Robert W Starnes

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Dictators and Diplomats

A Special Agent's Memoir and Musings

Beschreibung

Be prepared for a peek behind the governmental veil and historical perspectives never before shared. Dictators and Diplomats is a fascinating memoir offering a glimpse into the extraordinary life of a U.S. Security Attaché. Robert W. Starnes' international law enforcement career took him to six continents while encountering terrorism, counterintelligence, executive protections, and criminal investigations. Relive a chemical terrorist threat in New Zealand against U.S. golfer Tiger Woods. Return to Libya during Col. Muammar Gaddafi's dictatorial reign. Become stranded in Brazil with a suspected high-ranking Hezbollah terrorist. Relish in the success of disrupting a Lebanese terrorist plot to bomb a U.S. Embassy. Arrest a Pakistani defector and terrorist two weeks from joining the U.S. army Airborne. Run the gauntlet of a planned siege of a U.S. Embassy during a coup d'état. Brushes with death during Guatemala's civil war. Scour the Samoan jungles to rescue children from an abusive behavior modification camp. Restore security after the arson attack against the Texas Governor's Mansion. Enact an Elliott Nest strategy used against gangster Al Capone to disrupt mafia figures. Trade moves with the infamous Love Bandit who stole the hearts of lonely women. You'll enjoy these adventurous reflections in this well-written memoir that is factual, informative, honest, and, at times, cleverly humorous.

Autor

Robert W. Starnes is a retired U.S. Department of State, Diplomatic Security Service (DSS) supervisory special agent with expertise in international counterterrorism, counterintelligence, investigations, and protective security. Robert spearheaded the protective intelligence investigation in New Zealand after the U.S. Embassy received a death threat letter containing laboratory grade potassium cyanide targeting visiting U.S. golfer Tiger Woods. He was a member of the first U.S. diplomatic envoy to return to Libya after a 24-year absence during the reign of dictator Col . Muammar Gaddafi. Robert was temporarily stranded in Brazil with a high-ranking Hezbollah terrorist, he lead the efforts to disrupt and capture a Lebanese terrorist planning to attack the U.S. Embassy in Paraguay, and arrested a Pakistani military jet fighter pilot defector in Texas desiring to kill Americans when he was merely two weeks from joining the U .S . Army Airborne. Robert rescued dozens of American juveniles from an abusive behavior modification camp in the island jungles of Western Samoa. He provided protective security expertise to revamp the Texas State police Governor's protective detail soon after the 2008 arson attack against the Governor's Mansion in Austin, Texas. A serial adventurer, Robert W . Starnes shares life-threatening events during Guatemala's civil war, and managing civilian and military security assets during Paraguay's violent coup d'état. He has protected notable dignitaries such as; Nelson Mandela; Mikhail Gorbachev; Prince Charles; and Margaret Thatcher. For excitement, Robert hunts Western Diamondback rattlesnakes, climbed an active volcano in Guatemala, visited the off limits volcanic ravaged Caribbean island nation capital city of Plymouth, Montserrat, traveled to the Israeli West Bank during Hezbollah rocket attacks, and has driven on the world's most dangerous road in Bolivia. Both native Texans, Robert and his equally adventurous wife Pam currently resides in San Marcos, Texas . Visit his popular webpage at www.nobilitypress.com.

Produktdetails

• Seitenzahl: 378
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. März 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 222mm x 145mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 619g
• ISBN-13: 9780997970302
• ISBN-10: 0997970308
• Artikelnr.: 51889065