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Special Forces in the War on Terror

By: Osprey

Type: Hardcover

Product Line: General Military - Modern

Last Stocked on 1/19/2021

Product Info

Title
Special Forces in the War on Terror
Publisher
Category
Author
Leigh Neville
Publish Year
2015
Pages
336
Dimensions
8.5x11x1"
NKG Part #
2147583192
MFG. Part #
OSPGM908
Type
Hardcover

Description

Within weeks of 9/11, United States Special Operations Forces were dropping into Afghanistan to lead the war against Al Qaeda and the Taliban. For over a decade special forces have been fighting a hidden war in Iraq, Pakistan, Syria, Somalia, Mali and Afghanistan, facing off against a range of insurgents from organizations like al Qaeda, al Shabaab, Boko Haram and the Taliban. Leigh Neville draws on recently declassified material and first-hand-accounts from his SOF contacts to lift the veil of secrecy from these operations, giving an unprecedented blow-by-blow description of major Special Forces operations, culminating in SEAL Team 6's Operation Neptune Spear and the killing of Osama bin Laden. Detailing the special equipment, tactics, machinery and training that these Special Operatives received and used this impressive volume shows how the world's elite soldiers fought against overwhelming odds around the world.