Hunting the jackal

"From deep inside the jungles of Southeast Asia to the streets of Khartoum to the high desert of Afghanistan, Billy Waugh chronicles U.S. Special Operations through the experiences of his singular life. He has worked in more than sixty countries, hiding in the shadows and corners to fight those who plot America's demise." "In detail he recounts his participation in some of the most important events in American Special Operations history, including his own pivotal role in the previously untold story of the CIA's involvement in the capture of the infamous Carlos the Jackal." "Waugh's work in helping the CIA bring down Carlos the Jackal provides an account of the loneliness and adrenaline common to real-life espionage. He provides a point-by-point breakdown of the indefatigable work necessary to detain the world's first celebrity terrorist." "No synopsis can adequately describe Waugh's experiences. He spent seven and a half years in Vietnam, many of them behind enemy lines as part of SOG, a top secret group of elite commandos. He was tailed by Usama bin Laden's unfriendly bodyguards while jogging through the streets of Khartoum, Sudan, at 3 a.m. And, at the age of seventy-two, he marc