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Description:In "Postcards from SAddam: The true Confessions of an Economic Hit Man ", the author, a former international lobbyist, recounts his experiences working abroad and how, unlike so-called Economic Hit Men, he and his colleagues, most of whom were former CIA clandestine operations officers, never bribed foreign officials. Instead, they relied on what CIA agents call “Tradecraft”. The author shares how he used conflict management principles – classic elements of Tradecraft - to secure contracts for U.S. companies, manage workplace conflict, and most importantly, to negotiate his way out of dangerous situations in Latin America and the Middle East. The most notable of these was a risky connecting flight through a hostile Muslim country, where purely by chance, he crosses paths with Saddam Hussein. Traveling without the Italian passport he normally used to conceal his American identity, he is unable to get to his connecting flight as the airport and his plane is surrounded by Saddam’s guards. Trapped in the airport carrying only his American passport, and a briefcase with documents linking him to the U.S. intelligence community, he describes how this tradecraft was put to the ultimate test. As he weighs his options, he recalls a similar situation in Chile involving another dictator, Augusto Pinochet, and one in Argentina involving a fiercely anti-American Argentine Air Force colonel. Those conflicts prepared him for what he knows he must do now, and he details how he used tradecraft to his advantage in those prior experiences. As he recounts each one, he draws parallels between countries and dictators on the use of power and true leadership, comparing the highly polarized political climate in Chile during Pinochet’s rule to the current political climate in the U.S., stressing the importance of fact-checking and how the Chilean media sometimes mischaracterized Pinochet’s regime while downplaying the violence of extremist groups. In one of the book’s most poignant accounts, he then describes how violent extremists targeted his Chilean contact, Solange, who was not just his co-worker but the young woman he’d planned to marry, and who may very well have saved his life. Comparing Pinochet to Castro to illustrate differences in leadership and accomplishments in those regimes, the author explains how rewards and recognition are sometimes conferred on leaders with dubious accomplishments, while those with tangible accomplishments receive little to none, comparing them to business leaders. As he delves into the realm of business and organizational conflict management, he describes his experiences negotiating with global conglomerates while managing the international division of the U.S.’s biggest mobile electronics company. In doing so, he uses the term “Paperclip Expediters” to describe ineffective managers who, like Castro in Cuba, sometimes reap huge rewards and or recognition when the net result of their leadership is ruin and the destruction of wealth.In a final dramatic account, he describes how tradecraft kept him from making a fatal mistake and also prompted a Good Samaritan to help him. Although initially suspicious of the Muslim man helping him in an untimely encounter with Saddam Hussein and his guards, his suspicions are soon dispelled. As this Good Samaritan is guiding him through a secret tunnel, the pair are apprehended. Realizing that his Muslim friend has just put himself in jeopardy by concealing his American identity from the soldier questioning him, the author executes a risky psychological maneuver perfectly and gets himself and his friend released. However, he will later have no choice but to risk going through that same tunnel a second time. Although he will make the second attempt alone, it won’t be without the help of his Muslim friend.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Postcards from SAddam; The True Confessions of an Economic Hit Man. To get started finding Postcards from SAddam; The True Confessions of an Economic Hit Man, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: In "Postcards from SAddam: The true Confessions of an Economic Hit Man ", the author, a former international lobbyist, recounts his experiences working abroad and how, unlike so-called Economic Hit Men, he and his colleagues, most of whom were former CIA clandestine operations officers, never bribed foreign officials. Instead, they relied on what CIA agents call “Tradecraft”. The author shares how he used conflict management principles – classic elements of Tradecraft - to secure contracts for U.S. companies, manage workplace conflict, and most importantly, to negotiate his way out of dangerous situations in Latin America and the Middle East. The most notable of these was a risky connecting flight through a hostile Muslim country, where purely by chance, he crosses paths with Saddam Hussein. Traveling without the Italian passport he normally used to conceal his American identity, he is unable to get to his connecting flight as the airport and his plane is surrounded by Saddam’s guards. Trapped in the airport carrying only his American passport, and a briefcase with documents linking him to the U.S. intelligence community, he describes how this tradecraft was put to the ultimate test. As he weighs his options, he recalls a similar situation in Chile involving another dictator, Augusto Pinochet, and one in Argentina involving a fiercely anti-American Argentine Air Force colonel. Those conflicts prepared him for what he knows he must do now, and he details how he used tradecraft to his advantage in those prior experiences. As he recounts each one, he draws parallels between countries and dictators on the use of power and true leadership, comparing the highly polarized political climate in Chile during Pinochet’s rule to the current political climate in the U.S., stressing the importance of fact-checking and how the Chilean media sometimes mischaracterized Pinochet’s regime while downplaying the violence of extremist groups. In one of the book’s most poignant accounts, he then describes how violent extremists targeted his Chilean contact, Solange, who was not just his co-worker but the young woman he’d planned to marry, and who may very well have saved his life. Comparing Pinochet to Castro to illustrate differences in leadership and accomplishments in those regimes, the author explains how rewards and recognition are sometimes conferred on leaders with dubious accomplishments, while those with tangible accomplishments receive little to none, comparing them to business leaders. As he delves into the realm of business and organizational conflict management, he describes his experiences negotiating with global conglomerates while managing the international division of the U.S.’s biggest mobile electronics company. In doing so, he uses the term “Paperclip Expediters” to describe ineffective managers who, like Castro in Cuba, sometimes reap huge rewards and or recognition when the net result of their leadership is ruin and the destruction of wealth.In a final dramatic account, he describes how tradecraft kept him from making a fatal mistake and also prompted a Good Samaritan to help him. Although initially suspicious of the Muslim man helping him in an untimely encounter with Saddam Hussein and his guards, his suspicions are soon dispelled. As this Good Samaritan is guiding him through a secret tunnel, the pair are apprehended. Realizing that his Muslim friend has just put himself in jeopardy by concealing his American identity from the soldier questioning him, the author executes a risky psychological maneuver perfectly and gets himself and his friend released. However, he will later have no choice but to risk going through that same tunnel a second time. Although he will make the second attempt alone, it won’t be without the help of his Muslim friend.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Postcards from SAddam; The True Confessions of an Economic Hit Man. To get started finding Postcards from SAddam; The True Confessions of an Economic Hit Man, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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