Gray Work

Confessions of an American Paramilitary Spy

De: Jamie Smith

Narrado por: Jeff Gurner

The first ever, first-person story of America's private, paramilitary contractors at work around the world-from a man who performed these missions himself and has decades of stories to tell. This is a fascinating tale-and potentially the first-to describe the work of American contractors, men who run highly dangerous missions deep inside foreign countries on the brink of war. It will lift the veil and detail the ultimate danger and risk of paramilitary operations (both officially government-sanctioned and not) and show us in very intimate terms exactly what private soldiers do when the government can't act or take public responsibility. GRAY WORK combines covert military intelligence with boots-on-the-ground realism, following Jamie Smith through his CIA training and work as a spy in the State Department, to his co-founding of Blackwater following 9/11, to his decision to leave that company. As the founder and director of Blackwater Security, Smith's initial vision has undeniably shaped and transformed a decade of war. He argues that this gray area-and its warriors who occupy the controversial space between public and private-has become an indispensable element of the modern battlefield.

Great book

This is a look into a the way the world really works. while we enjoy our pseudo peaceful existence, the brave few, go through he'll and back to help preserve our fragile day to day journey.

Our complex world

When you think you have this confusing world figured out along with all the senseless fighting. Someone comes along makes is good part of it make sense.

interestin insight about things you should know

the narrator is fitting for this story. Jamie is a patriot in the truest sense.

Great Story Full of Humor

Jamie Smith comes across as an a regular guy doing extraordinary things. I felt like I was sitting around the Thanksgiving table listening a family member tell the story of one man's attempt, to be part of a bigger team, to help save lives. I laughed out loud multiple times and enjoyed the ordinary-ness of a man who loves God, his wife, children, his country and the world.

Possibly fiction

I was looking forward to a non fiction story, after researching a bit I am on the fence. It was entertaining. Like expecting to dr no a coke and having a sip and it root beer