ANNOUNCING a new novel by a writer we admire (+ Open Thread)
By SusanUnPC on December 4, 2007 at 4:10 PM in Intelligence, Iraq
Everyone who visits No Quarter has read the writings of W. Patrick Lang, and most of you are regular visitors to his exceptional blog, Sic Semper Tyrannis. You’re probably aware that Pat has long been at work on a true-to-history spy novel set during the Civil War. His novel has now been published, and it’s available through Amazon. (We’ve posted an advertisement in the middle column for your convenience, and there’s more background on the novel below the fold.)
Larry Johnson recently wrote about Pat Lang’s direct contributions to improvements in the Al Anbar province of Iraq:
The success achieved in Al Anbar has nothing to do with the surge and everything to do with finally tapping into genuine experts who know and understand Iraq. One of these is Pat Lang. In today’s Washington Post, Walter Pincus reports: … (READ ALL of Larry’s post, “The Success in Al Anbar.”)
If you don’t know Pat Lang’s career history, you’ll see why he’s uniquely qualified to write about the workings of a secret service, particularly during our nation’s most difficult, pivotal war:
Colonel W. Patrick Lang is a retired senior officer of U.S. Military Intelligence and U.S. Army Special Forces (The Green Berets). He served in the Department of Defense both as a serving officer and then as a member of the Defense Senior Executive Service for many years. He is a highly decorated veteran of several of America’s overseas conflicts including the war in Vietnam. He was trained and educated as a specialist in the Middle East by the U.S. Army and served in that region for many years. He was the first Professor of the Arabic Language at the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York. In the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) he was the “Defense Intelligence Officer for the Middle East, South Asia and Terrorism,” and later the first Director of the Defense Humint Service.” For his service in DIA, he was awarded the “Presidential Rank of Distinguished Executive.” This is the equivalent of a British knighthood. He is an analyst consultant for many television and radio broadcasts.
Here’s more on Pat’s Novel:
JUST PUBLISHED! FROM W. PATRICK LANG — whose blog Sic Semper Tyrannis we all read regularly — an engrossing, suspenseful novel on the Confederate Secret Services:
The Butcher’s Cleaver: (A Tale of the Confederate Secret Services.)
W. Patrick Lang is a retired high level military intelligence officer, a life long student of the American Civil War and the Lincoln assassination. He is a widely published author and military consultant. His broad experience of combat and of the espionage world uniquely combine to give him special insight into the realities of such events across time. (Read more about Pat Lang’s distinguished service to this country.)
The Amazon page has more details on the plotline.
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