Leave No Man Behind: U.S. Special Forces Raids and Rescues from 1945 to the Gulf War

Isby, David C.

ISBN 10: 0297846744 / ISBN 13: 9780297846741

Edité par Weidenfeld & Nicolson Ltd, United Kingdom, 2004

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(1st) Large, heavy, sturdy book, quality black cloth, very bright gilt lettering on spine, green color inside covers and adjacent end papers, 416 pages, including maps and glossy photo sections. DJ glossy with night vision-green photo on front, spine and back. DJ has tiny tear at spine top left edge along top back. Near Very Good DJ/Very Fine book.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Leave No Man Behind: U.S. Special Forces Raids and Rescues from 1945 to the Gulf War
• Éditeur: Weidenfeld & Nicolson Ltd, United Kingdom
• Date de parution: 2004
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0297846744
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780297846741
• Reliure: Cloth
• Édition: First Edition
• État de l'article: Fine
• État de la jaquette: Near Very Good
• Catalogues du vendeur:
  • War-Combat

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Synopsis

If the big wars of the 20th century were about saving civilization and countries, small wars are about saving people. Instead of defeating Hitler, they are concerned with the capture of international pariahs like Osama bin Laden, Saddam Hussein, Radovan Karadic or Colonel Aideed. The capture of such people and the rescue of hostages or prisoners-of-war: this is the two-fold mission of the US Army's Special Forces, the 'Green Berets'. David Isby investigates their most famous missions from POW rescues at the end of the Second World War to the rescue of PFC Jessica Lynch from the Iraqi secret police in 2003. LEAVE NO MAN BEHIND is a collection of vivid battle narratives, but it does more than tell dramatic war stories. Based on the latest evidence released under the Freedom of Information Act, it reveals why some missions were such great successes while others turned to tragedy. It compares them to other rescue operations, e.g. the British Army's recent action in Sierra Leone and questions how an increasingly 'zero defect, no tolerance for risks' US military can continue to carry out such perilous operations. As the author observes, raids and rescues will be more typical of warfare i

À propos de l?auteur

David C Isby is a Washington-based attorney/defence analyst who contributed to THE TIMES HISTORY OF WAR and writes regularly for JANE'S DEFENCE INTELLIGENCE REVIEW and many other professional military publications. He is accused by the KGB as a 'CIA stooge with whom accounts will be settled'.