Shadow Warriors: Inside the Special Forces

Name: Shadow Warriors: Inside the Special Forces
Brand: Recyclivre
Author: Tom Clancy
ISBN: 9780330480734

Tom Clancy

02/05/2003
Pan Books

NC (0 avis)

Couverture de Shadow Warriors: Inside the Special Forces par Tom Clancy

Résumé

Présentation de l'éditeur The war in Afghanistan has given the public an unprecedented view of America's Special Forces, in situations where traditional arms and movement don't apply. Stiner and Clancy trace the transformation of the Special Forces from the small core of outsiders of the 1950s through the cauldron of Vietnam to the rebirth of the SF in the late 1980s and '90s as the bearer of the largest and most complex set of missions in the US military. From Vietnam and Laos to Panama and El Salvador to Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Iraq, these are stories of raids, counterterrorism, hostage rescues, reconnaissance, counterinsurgency and psychological operations - and also of building settlements, teaching civilians, cleaning up water supplies, and saving lives. 'Some action vignettes from [Special Forces] roots in WWII and Vietnam rival Clancy fiction' KIRKUS REVIEWS Biographie de l'auteur Tom Clancy's eleven novels, including 'Patriot Games', 'Hunt for Red October' and 'Clear and Present Danger', have sold millions internationally, and been the basis of some of the biggest-name movies. He lives in Maryland. General Carl Stiner (Ret.) was Commander-in-Chief of Socom from 1990 to 1993, involved with missions including the Achille Lauro hostage rescue, Panama invasion and Desert Storm. He lives in Tennessee.