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ONE HUNDRED VICTORIES
SPECIAL OPS AND THE FUTURE OF AMERICAN WARFARE |
| By: |
Linda Robinson |
| Format: |
Hardback |
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£19.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
1610391497 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781610391498 |
| Publisher: |
INGRAM PUBLISHER SERVICES US |
| Pub. date: |
8 October, 2013 |
| Pages: |
344 |
| Description: |
Based on unique inside access and new on-the-ground reporting, the author of the New York Times bestseller Masters of Chaos and Notable Book of the Year Tell Me How This Ends explains why the future of US military presence abroad belongs to the Special Forces: how that happened and what it means |
| Synopsis: |
One Hundred Victories is a portrait of how,after a decade of intensive combat operations,special operations forces have become the go-to force for US military endeavors worldwide.Linda Robinson follows the evolution of special ops in Afghanistan, their longest deployment since Vietnam. She has lived in mud-walled compounds in the mountains and deserts of insurgent-dominated regions, and uses those experiences to show the gritty reality of the challenges the SOF face and the constant danger in which they operate.She witnessed special operators befriending villagers to help them secure their homes, and fighting off insurgents in the most dangerous safe havens even as they navigated a constant series of conflicts, crises, and other meteors" from conventional forces, the CIA, and the Pakistanis,not to mention weak links within their own ranks. They showed what a tiny band of warriors could do, and could not do, out on the wild frontiers of the next-generation wars. One Hundred Victories also includes the inside story of the dramatic November 2011 cross-border firefight with Pakistan, which sent the US commander into a fury and provoked an international crisis.It describes the murky world of armed factions operating along the world's longest disputed border, and the chaos and casualties that result when commanders with competing agendas cannot resolve their differences. |
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including a 12-pp. B/W insert on text |
| Publication: |
US |
| Imprint: |
PublicAffairs,U.S. |
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Returnable |
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