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Shackley, Theodore. The Third Option: An American View of Counterinsurgency Operations. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1981.

According to Pforzheimer, this is "a primer of the essential steps for effective counterinsurgency operations in areas important to the United States." Constantinides sees the work as "unmistakably that of a man who has studied the problems as well as having faced them." However, there is "insufficient discussion of the problems and difficulties involved once a nation is committed in a counterinsurgency effort." For Lowenthal, this book "[m]ay be somewhat dated in the post-Cold War world."

[MI/SpecOps/Counterinsurgency]

Shackley, Theodore, and Richard A. Finney. Spymaster: My Life in the CIA. Dulles, VA: Potomac, 2005.

Theodore (Ted) G. Shackley, retired CIA Associate Deputy Director for Operations, died on 9 December 2002 at the age of 75. He was a three-time recipient of the Distinguished Intelligence Medal. J.Y. Smith, "Theodore Shackley Dies; Celebrated CIA Agent," Washington Post, 13 Dec. 2002, B8.

Peake, CIRA Newsletter 30.4 (Winter 2005) and Studies 49.4 (2005), notes that Shackley comments "selectively on various aspects of his career.... For those who expected a more expansive tale of clandestine operations, Spymaster may be something of a disappointment. On the other hand, what Ted Shackley was able to give us is extremely valuable -- a first hand account with lessons for all."

For Schecter, I&NS 20.4 (Dec. 2005), "Shackley's first-person account is rich in remarkable detail.... They take CIA memoirs to a new level of specificity and revelation of tradecraft that makes for fascinating, and at times hilarious and bizarre reading." Huck, Periscope (Summer 2006), feels that much was left out of this work, first by Shackley's death (not to denigrate the "tireless and faithful" work of Richard Finney to complete the book) and by the publisher's requirement that the manuscript be reduced in length.

[CIA/60s/Gen; CIA/70s/Gen; CIA/Laos; CIA/Memoirs]

Shackley, Theodore, with Richard A. Finney. Still the Target: Coping with Terror and Crime. Baltimore, MD: Noble House, 2003.

Jonkers, AFIO WIN 2-03 (14 Jan. 2003), notes that this "was the late Ted Shackley's last effort. In it he identifies the nature and scope of the threat of terror and crime to senior executives, and secondly, provides a frame of reference for evaluating an executive protection program."

[Terrorism/00s/Gen]

Shadid, Anthony, and Daniel Williams. "U.S. Recruiting Hussein's Spies." Washington Post, 24 Aug. 2003, A1. [http://www.washingtonpost.com]

According to U.S. and Iraqi officials, "U.S.-led occupation authorities have begun a covert campaign to recruit and train agents with the once-dreaded Iraqi intelligence service to help identify resistance to American forces." Although it is not the only target of the U.S. effort, "[t]he emphasis in recruitment appears to be on the intelligence service known as the Mukhabarat," the former regime's foreign intelligence service and the "most sophisticated of the four" branches in Hussein's former security service.

[MI/Ops/Iraq]

Shafer, D. Michael. Deadly Paradigms: The Failure of U.S. Counterinsurgency Policy. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1988.

[MI/SpecOps]

Shaffer, Anthony [LTC/USAR]. Operation Dark Heart: Spycraft and Special Ops on the Frontlines of Afghanistan -- and the Path to Victory. New York: Thomas Dunne Books, 2010.

Varner, Military Review (Jan.-Feb. 2011), notes that because of redactions, "this book only hints at the story Shaffer would like to tell.... Shaffer gained some notoriety for his 2006 testimony before Congress that he was part of the SOCOM-led Able Danger task force. This effort purportedly identified two of the 9/11 cells as well as Mohamed Atta over a year before the world learned of them.... Much of Shaffer's narrative reads like a made-for-TV movie script.... Shaffer's story has made him a cult hero within conspiracy theory circles." He "writes almost ponderously."

See also, Scott Shane, "Pentagon Plan: Buying Books to Keep Secrets," New York Times, 9 Sep. 2010; and "Secrets in Plain Sight in Censored Book's Reprint," New York Times, 17 Sep. 2010.

[MI/Ops/Afgh/Books]

Shainberg, Maurice. Breaking from the KGB. New York: St. Martin's, 1986. New York: Berkley, 1986. [pb]

From publisher: The author "escaped the death camps of Nazi-occupied Poland. A Jewish student, he assumed a new identity as a Catholic resistance leader. Recruited by the Polish KGB, he rose in the ranks, leading the forces which eventually liberated Auschwitz. He risked his life seeking freedom in the west - and survived.."

[OtherCountries/Poland/WWII]

Shakya, Tsering. The Dragon in the Land of Snows: A History of Modern Tibet Since 1947. New York: Columbia University Press, 1999.

Mufson, Washington Post, 21 Nov. 1999, comments that the author "has employed thorough research, a balanced view and a dispassionate tone in writing a tremendously informative, definitive history of his native land."

[CA/Tibet]

Shalal-Esa, Andrea. "Spy Satellite Agency Boss Resigns." Reuters, 9 Apr. 2009. [http://www.reuters.com]

According to an NRO spokesman on 9 April 2009, NRO Director Scott Large has announced his resignation effective on 18 April 2009. He had held the position since October 2007.

[NRO/00s/09]

Shanahan, Phil. The Real Enigma Heroes. Stroud, UK: Tempus, 2008.

According to Peake, Studies 52.4 (Dec. 2008) and Intelligencer 17.1 (Winter-Spring 2009), the author tells the story of the capture of U-559 and its Enigma codes. -- and, along the way, "corrects the historical record." Christensen, Cryptologia 34.3 (Jul. 2010), notes that this story "is told well and compactly elsewhere."

[UK/WWII/Services/Navy & Ultra]

Shane, Scott [New York Times].

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Shanker, Thom [New York Times].

Shannon, Elaine, and Ann Blackman. The Spy Next Door: The Extraordinary Secret Life of Robert Philip Hanssen, the Most Damaging FBI Agent in U.S. History. New York: Little, Brown, 2002.

Marston, Baltimore Sun, 19 Jan. 2002, finds this "a highly readable account that strips away Good Bob's straight-arrow facade, to reveal a Bad Bob who betrayed his country on an unprecedented scale." For Weinstein, Washington Post, 20 Jan. 2002, the authors provide "a detailed and meticulous chronological tracing of Hanssen's life and times, from cradle to capture." Peake, Intelligencer 13.1, says this is "easy reading and informative." To Bath, NIPQ 18.4, the authors, in their rush to get this book quickly onto the market, "mak[e] suppositions little supported by evidence," which do not look very good in the light of later materials.

[FBI/00s/Hanssen/Books]

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