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Every book Sarah Adams recommended on podcasts
Sarah Adams appeared on The Shawn Ryan Show to discuss intelligence, national security threats, and individuals missing or held in Afghanistan. During these appearances, Adams referenced and discussed several books relevant to her expertise and foreign policy topics. She mentioned Paul Overby's book Holy Blood while discussing Americans missing or held in Afghanistan, noting that the author wrote about the Soviet Afghan war and the first Afghan war. When addressing how the United States fails at long-term strategic planning and how resources are allocated, Adams brought up the end of Charlie Wilson's War by George Crile, specifically highlighting the moment the book points out that after putting money into weapons, funds should be directed toward education. Additionally, Adams mentioned Al-Qaeda 2.0 by William Archer, describing it as the best open-source resource available regarding the upcoming threats and attacks unveiled on the United States and Europe, highlighting how open-source investigative reporting can track dangerous militant organizations and their evolving networks across international borders.
Books recommended by Sarah Adams
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Al-Qaeda 2.0
Al-Qaeda 2.0 by William Archer is an open-source investigative report and book examining the re-emergence of terrorist threats and upcoming attacks on the United States and Europe.
Discussed“so this is the best thing you can get open source Al-Qaeda 2.0 the upcoming attack on the United States and Europe unveiled”
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Charlie Wilson's War
Charlie Wilson's War by George Crile details the covert operations of U.S.
Discussed“you know I mean everyone talks about it, but it is the greatest example right the end of Charlie Wilson's War when he says hey we put all this money into these weapons right let's put money into education”
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Holy Blood
Discussed“And then unfortunately the last person's Paul Overby and he I don't know if you know he was a writer and he actually wrote about the first Afghan war. So he put out a book I think it was like holy blood in the '9s and he wrote about the Soviet Afghan war. Well, he was back over there.”
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Other mentions (5: passing, ad reads, own books)
“we even put a picture of Aman Alcatel in Gaza in the book”
“so we touched on this in our book but I want to like give the full details of actually what's happening”
“um and you know this is mentioned briefly in my book and that's why it comes up”
“so i mean um again um you know if you've seen my book this is known”
“the really interesting thing is and we talk about in our book is you know he was assassinated of course”