New York, NY: Random House, 2008. First edition. First edition [stated]. First printing [stated]. Hardcover. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. x, 276, [2] pages. Author's Note. DJ has slight wear and soiling. Signed by author on half-title page. Fred Burton is Stratfor's vice president for intelligence, and his publishers describe him as "one of the world's foremost experts on security, terrorists and terrorist organizations." Burton began his career in law enforcement as a police officer in Montgomery County, Maryland and later worked for the U.S. Secret Service. From 1985 to 1999, he was a special agent with the U.S. Diplomatic Security Service (DSS). He eventually became the deputy chief of the DSS counterterrorism division. While with the DSS, Burton was appointed by Washington to assist in the investigation of the assassination of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin. He also investigated the killing of Rabbi Meir Kahane; the al Qaeda New York City bombing plots before the September 11 attacks; and the Libyan-backed terrorist attacks against diplomats in Sana'a and Khartoum. Mr. Burton joined Stratfor, an Austin, Texas-based geopolitical forecasting and analysis company, in 2004. More

New York: Palgrave macmillan, 2011. First Edition [Stated], First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. vi, 258 pages. Illustrations. Timeline. Notes. Bibliography. Index. Inscribed and dated by Burton on the Title page. Fred Burton is geopolitical intelligence platform Stratfor's chief security officer and a New York Times bestselling author. His publishers describe him as "one of the world's foremost experts on security, terrorists and terrorist organizations." He was appointed to the Texas Border Security Council on September 11, 2007 by Governor Rick Perry. Burton regularly briefs corporate executive teams on security related issues and speaks at a variety of both public and private events, including the Southern Law Network's 18th Annual General Counsel Event. John Bruning is the author or coauthor of fifteen nonfiction books, including the critically acclaimed Shadow of the Sword (with Jeremiah Workman) and House to House (with David Bellavia). To prepare for this book, he embedded with coalition forces in Afghanistan in 2010. More