"Operation Dark Heart" tells the story of what really went on--and what went wrong--in Afghanistan. Lt. Col. Anthony Shaffer led a black-ops team on the forefront of the military efforts to block the Taliban's resuregence. For a moment he saw us winning the war. Then the military brass got involved.[...]
Bestselling author Shaffer enters the realm of Vince Flynn and Brad Thor with a thriller rooted in the shadow world of espionage, government power, and betrayal. With Mexico descending into anarchy, the drug cartels south of the border have kicked up the heat, allying with Hezbollah and the Iranian [...]
On Friday, August 13, 2010, just as St. Martin's Press was readying its initial shipment of this book, the Department of Defense contacted us to express its concern that our publication of "Operation Dark Heart" could cause damage to U.S. national security. After consulting with our author, ""we agr[...]
"Operation Dark Heart" tells the story of what really went on--and what went wrong--in Afghanistan. Lt. Col. Anthony Shaffer led a black-ops team on the forefront of the military efforts to block the Taliban's resuregence. For a moment he saw us winning the war. Then the military brass got involved.[...]
Lieutenant Colonel Anthony Shaffer was part of a secret detachment of the US Army known as the 'Jedi Knights'. In "Operation Dark Heart", he reveals for the first time, and in amazing detail, the otherwise secret world of black operations and clandestine intelligence plots conducted by the Western a[...]