{"product_id":"9781543680485","title":"Cold War Navy SEAL: Che Guevara, CIA Black Ops, and the First SEAL in Africa","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFor the first time, a Navy SEAL tells the story of the US's clandestine operations in North Vietnam and the Congo during the Cold War.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSometime in 1965, James Hawes landed in the Congo with cash stuffed in his socks, morphine in his bag, and a basic understanding of his mission: recruit a mercenary navy and suppress the Soviet- and Chinese-backed rebels engaged in guerilla movements against a pro-Western government. He knew the United States must preserve deniability, so he would be abandoned in any life-threatening situation; he did not know that Che Guevara attempting to export his revolution a few miles away.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eCold War Navy SEAL\u003c\/i\u003e gives unprecedented insight into a clandestine chapter in US history through the experiences of Hawes, a distinguished Navy frogman and later a CIA contractor. His journey began as an officer in the newly-formed SEAL Team 2, where Hawes commanded boats in the CIA's series of covert, hit-and-run raids into North Vietnam. Those raids directly instigated the Gulf of Tonkin Incident. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe CIA tapped Hawes to deploy to the Congo, where he would be tasked with creating and leading a paramilitary navy on Lake Tanganyika to disrupt guerilla action in the country. According to the US government, he did not, and could not, exist; he was on his own, 1400 miles from his closest allies, with only periodic letters via air-drop as communication. Hawes recalls recruiting and managing some of the most dangerous mercenaries in Africa, battling rebels with a crew of anti-Castro Cuban exiles, and learning what the rest of the intelligence world was dying to know: the location of Che Guevara.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn vivid detail that rivals any action movie, Hawes describes how he forced Guevara from the country, accomplished a seemingly impossible mission, and returned to a successful civilian life. Complete with never-before-seen photographs and interviews with fellow operatives in the Congo, \u003ci\u003eCold War Navy SEAL\u003c\/i\u003e is an unblinking look at a portion of Cold War history never been told.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Brilliance Audio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47064073994480,"sku":"9781543680485","price":22.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781543680485_p0.jpg?v=1763749699","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781543680485","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}