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Frank Camper
When you read a book about some incredible combat or espionage operation, how do you know it's true?
Frank Camper survived a career of clandestine and covert missions for the United States and friendly foreign governments around the world. He publicly testified about what part of his life could be declassified before the Senate Foreign Relations, (Subcommittee on Terrorism, Narcotics, and Internal Operations) following Iran-Contra.
Retired to writing and security consulting, portions of his nonfiction books LRRP and MERC were selected for references in the RAND Study: Urban Battle Fields of South Asia (Lessons Learned from Sri Lanka, India, and Pakistan), and in the Global War on Terrorism combat studies paper, Eyes Behind The Lines, US Army Long-Range Reconnaissance and Surveillance Units.
For serious government agency study or personal entertainment, with Frank Camper you get the real thing.
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About Frank Camper:
The majority of Frank's professional background is still highly classified, but in July 1988 he testified publicly to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee about a lifetime of covert and clandestine operations for the US government.
His testimony was supported by over a thousand pages of documents released by CIA, Army Intelligence, and other agencies.
The highlights of his career include service in Vietnam as a Ranger, and years of working under cover in many international locales to penetrate terrorist organizations for the US and friendly foreign governments. His experiences run from federal imprisonment until his identity was admitted to by the Secretary of the Army, to acknowledgement by the FBI that Frank was personally responsible for preventing the assassination of Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Ghandi in 1985, while Ghandi was in the US on a diplomatic mission.
Frank has appeared on the Today Show, Larry King Live, and been the subject of a 60 Minutes segment, and to date has published over ten books and novels in the US and Japan. His life story has been optioned for a feature film.
Today, Frank is retired to writing in his hometown of Birmingham, Alabama, where he lives with Mavis, his wife since 1964.
Frank is represented by Mark Sullivan Associates, a literary agency in New York City. Feel welcome to contact Mark Sullivan directly with any questions or requests for interviews or permissions.
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A list of books by Frank Camper listed on his Publishers web site
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Frank Camper has been represented by Mark Sullivan Associates, the literary agency located in Manhattan, New York, for many years. Mark Sullivan began as Frank's editor on book projects like Merc: The Professional, all the way through The MK/Ultra Secret, and the relationship has continued to the present day. Mark Sullivan Associates also handled Frank's foreign sales in Japan -- the agency has an affiliate located in Tokyo.
"Mark Sullivan, my editor and literary agent, has been a mainstay in my career since the early days. His insight and support over the years have helped assure the quality and success of the books we did together. Our collaboration has been one I could always count on. My thanks go out to him. "All the Way!"
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AMAZON.COM Customer Reviews of LRRP (The Professional)
Great writing about first hand experience with facts & flair Reviewer: A reader from Carmel, California August 19, 1999 As a fellow writer about life in the military, this is the first time I have enjoyed such colorful yet exacting descriptions. Camper gives the reader all the sights, sounds and smells of this conflict without bitterness or false heroics. After having read Robert Hemphill's "Platoon, Bravo Company", one man's account of the war behind the lines with no color, Dennis Marvicsin's "Maverick" co-written by Jerold Greenfield, a bad mix of WAR and ROSES, this is the best written work by a front liner. Camper's graphic depiction is the story of a young boy who becomes a Vet in a short time. His pictures are exciting without being poetic, thrilling without being melodramatic and personal without being elitist. Unlike Tim O'Brien's "If I Die in a Combat Zone", LRRP chronicles a soldier's life with clarity about his thoughts without the drudgery of the everyday minutiae. And unlike O'Brien, Camper tells a home coming that leaves you wanting to read the next book instead of glad that you finished this one.
Read it twice. Enjoyed it both times Reviewer: A reader from Baltimore November 17, 1998 A must have for those interested in infantry combat skills. Camper breaks up his accounts into one and two page diary entries that make for quick and easy reading.
Excellent first person account of one man's tour in Vietnam. Reviewer: jager@insync.net from Houston, Texas March 6, 1998 This is an excellent account of one man's transformation to hardcore warrior. The author volunteers for the LRRP's (Long Range Reconnaissance Patrol)to fight the war on his own personal terms. He sees first hand the heavy casualties inflicted on the large noisy maneuver line units by the NVA, and the disproportianate casualties inflicted by the LRRPs on the enemy. To increase the chances of his own survival he chooses to rely on his own skills and those of his team members in small four man recon teams as they patrol deep in enemy territory. The author brings to the reader the frustration of fighting both the enemy and the rear echelon bureaucrats,the confusion and terror of combat and commeraderie of men relying on one another in dire circumstances. Note: The author went on to become an international mercenary, covert operator and security specialist and has written other books on his post-vietnam experiences.
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