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PublisherPenguin Publishing Group

ISBN-100425188310

ISBN-139780425188316

eBay Product ID (ePID)2260814

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Book TitleShadow Warriors : inside the Special Forces

Number of Pages560 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2003

TopicMilitary / Special Forces, Military / Strategy, Military / United States, United States / General

FeaturesReprint

GenreHistory

AuthorTom Clancy, Tony Koltz, Carl Stiner

Book SeriesCommander Ser.

FormatUk-B Format Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height1.2 in

Item Weight21.2 Oz

Item Length9 in

Item Width6 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

Dewey Edition21

ReviewsThe plethora of insider history and firsthand operation specifics...will please the historically minded. (Publishers Weekly), "Some action vignettes from [Special Forces] roots in WWII and Vietnam rival Clancy fiction."- Kirkus Reviews "The plethora of insider history and firsthand operation specificsâ€¦will please the historically minded."- Publishers Weekly, The plethora of insider history and firsthand operation specifics...will please the historically minded. ( Publishers Weekly )

Grade FromTwelfth Grade

Series Volume Number3

Number of Volumes3 vols.

Grade ToUP

Dewey Decimal356.1/67/0973

Edition DescriptionReprint

SynopsisAn unconventional war requires unconventional men--the Special Forces. Green Berets * Navy SEALS * Rangers * Air Force Special Operations * PsyOps * Civil Affairs * and other special-mission units The first two Commanders books, Every Man a Tiger and Into the Storm, provided masterly blends of history, biography, you-are-there narrative, insight into the practice of leadership, and plain old-fashioned storytelling. Shadow Warriors is all of that and more, a book of uncommon timeliness, for, in the words of Lieutenant General Bill Yarborough, "there are itches that only Special Forces can scratch." Now, Carl Stiner--the second commander of SOCOM, the U.S. Special Operations Command--and Tom 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 1990s, and on into the new century as the bearer of the largest, most mixed, and most complex set of missions in the U.S. military. These are the first-hand accounts of soldiers fighting outside the lines: counterterrorism, raids, hostage rescues, reconnaissance, counterinsurgency, and psychological operations--from Vietnam and Laos to Lebanon to Panama, to Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and Iraq, to the new wars of today..., An unconventional war requires unconventional men--the Special Forces. Green Berets - Navy SEALS - Rangers - Air Force Special Operations - PsyOps - Civil Affairs - and other special-mission units The first two Commanders books, Every Man a Tiger and Into the Storm, provided masterly blends of history, biography, you-are-there narrative, insight into the practice of leadership, and plain old-fashioned storytelling. Shadow Warriors is all of that and more, a book of uncommon timeliness, for, in the words of Lieutenant General Bill Yarborough, "there are itches that only Special Forces can scratch." Now, Carl Stiner--the second commander of SOCOM, the U.S. Special Operations Command--and Tom 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 1990s, and on into the new century as the bearer of the largest, most mixed, and most complex set of missions in the U.S. military. These are the first-hand accounts of soldiers fighting outside the lines: counterterrorism, raids, hostage rescues, reconnaissance, counterinsurgency, and psychological operations--from Vietnam and Laos to Lebanon to Panama, to Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and Iraq, to the new wars of today...