Compilation of 31 accounts of dramatic special-ops missions from the raid on a North Vietnamese POW camp near Son Tay by American Green Berets in November 1970 to the events surrounding the killing of terrorist leader Osama Bin Laden in May 2011. Also included are special operations during the Falklands War, in connection with Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm in 1990/1991, and from the conflicts in Afghanistan (since 2001) and Iraq (since 2003), including the battle for the cave fortress of Tora Bora in Afghanistan or the rescue of US soldier Jessica Lynch, who was captured by Iraqis.
Group
Books
State
Second Hand
Author
Cawthorne, N.
Title
Warrior Elite. 31 Heroic Special-Ops Missions from the Raid on Son Tay to the Killing of Osama Bin Laden
Details
English text, paperback. Berkeley: Ulysses Press 2011. 320 pp. Hard to remove label on cover.
