The only thing worth dying for: how eleven Green Berets forged a new Afghanistan

The author exposes the realities of unconventional warfare and nation-building in Afghanistan in this chronicle of one of the most important military mission in the early days of the Global War on Terror--ODA 574--wherein a Special Forces team infiltrated the mountains of southern Afghanistan, fomen...

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1. Verfasser: Blehm, Eric (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New York HarperCollins 2010
Ausgabe:1. ed.
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Zusammenfassung:The author exposes the realities of unconventional warfare and nation-building in Afghanistan in this chronicle of one of the most important military mission in the early days of the Global War on Terror--ODA 574--wherein a Special Forces team infiltrated the mountains of southern Afghanistan, fomented a tribal revolt, and forced the Taliban to surrender
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references
A most dangerous mission -- The quiet professionals -- To war -- The soldier and the statesman -- The Taliban patrol -- The Battle of Tarin Kowt -- Credibility -- Madness -- Death on the horizon -- The ruins -- The thirteenth sortie -- Futility -- Rescue at Shawali Kowt -- Worth dying for
Beschreibung:375 S., [8] Bl. Ill., Kt. 24 cm
ISBN:9780061661228
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