| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
xiii, 540 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 503-515) and index. |
| Contents |
The Ferrari in the garage. A phoenix rises ; JSOC gets its feet wet ; Frustration in the Middle East ; Payoff in Panama ; Manhunts, motorboats, and Mogadishu ; Forging bonds in the Balkans ; Loose nukes and missed opportunities -- A new era dawns. "Fairly ponderous and enormously heavy" ; Risky missions and empty targets ; "Carte blanche" ; Precious cargo ; Rumsfeld falls for JSOC ; Bin Laden slips away ; "Patton's three principles of war" -- Building the machine. Invasion ; The deck of cards ; Building a network ; "JSOC on steroids" ; Snake eyes ; Killing Zarqawi ; A new campaign against an old enemy -- A global campaign. Close target reconnaissance in Syria ; Back to Mogadishu ; Victory in Mosul? ; Rangers step up in Afghanistan ; Hit and miss in Pakistan ; A reckoning in Abbottabad ; Successes, and a failure ; Extortion ; Old enemies, new challenges. |
| Subject |
United States. Joint Special Operations Command -- History.
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Special operations (Military science) -- United States -- History.
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Terrorism -- United States -- Prevention -- History.
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United States -- History, Military -- 21st century.
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| Added Author |
New York Society Library. Book Committee.
2015.
ZNS
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| Added Title |
Secret history of Joint Special Operations Command |
| ISBN |
9781250014542 (hardcover) |
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1250014549 (hardcover) |
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9781466876224 (ebook) |
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