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"Enrique Prado found himself in his first firefight at age seven. The son of a middle-class Cuban family caught in the midst of the Castro Revolution, his family fled their war-torn home for the hope of a better life in America. Fifty years later, the Cuban refugee retired from the Central Intelligence Agency as the CIA equivalent of a two-star general. Black Ops is the story of [a] ... career that spanned two eras: the Cold War and the Age of Terrorism. Operating in the shadows, Ric and his fellow CIA officers fought a little-seen and virtually unknown war to keep USA safe from those who would do it harm."--
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Key takeaways:
- I enjoyed looking behind the curtain of the CIA.
- Perhaps I wasn't very engaged while reading this book, but I didn't feel like I had very many takeaways from this book.
- The one thing that jumped out at me most is that pride and arrogance are not appealing, especially when talking about yourself. Of course that is obvious, but reading a book like this is a good reminder to watch your tone.