Product Description: Narrates key events in recent history of special forces operations around the globe, from the Gulf War through Iraq.

A hard-hitting history of special-forces operations over the past fifty years in the United States, United Kingdom, and Israel. After eight challenging years in Afghanistan, the new U.S. strategy, aimed at winning hearts and minds rather than search-and-destroy, refocuses the conflict on Special Forces: unorthodox soldiers who work outside of traditional military forces to combine secret military operations with nation building. Tony Geraghty, an expert author in this field for almost thirty years, unveils the extraordinary evolution of this refined style of war-making from its roots in anti-guerrilla warfare in Ireland and Palestine, by way of the creation of the C.I.A., the S.A.S., the Green Berets, and America Office of Strategic Services (O.S.S.), and many others. Israel's Special Forces, including Mossad, are an organic part of the same coherent history, and their story is narrated here for the first time. This history is more than a tale of derring-do, although James Bond-like characters stalk every page. it is a sweeping examination of Black Ops at a time when they represent the future of an open-ended global war against terrorism.

Product Description: In 1991, the United States and coalition forces liberated Kuwait after its brief occupation by Saddam Hussein’s Iraqi army. One of the abiding memories of that conflict was the activities of the coalition’s special forces soldiers deep in Iraq, hunting down SCUD missile launchers before Israel could be attacked...read more

An illustrated tour of history's most highly trained military units, from the ancient Spartans to modern-day U.S. Navy SEALs covers in extensive visual detail the equipment and techniques used today, sharing in-depth accounts of the background, organization, operations, intelligence-gathering methods, vehicles, and special gear for each. Reprint.

Tracing the history of special operations, from ancient times to the present day, offering a look at the ways in which Special Forces and other commandos are transforming the U.S. military and the future face of warfare.

Product Description: The Green Berets. The Navy SEALs. The secret Delta Force. The British SAS. The Israeli Mossad. Almost every country has a special force unit in their military. But what do they do, whom do they recruit, and how do they train?Robin Neillands, renowned military historian and himself a former Royal Marine Commando, tells the story of special forces since the end of the World War II, where possible in the words of the soldiers themselves...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

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Product Description: A gripping account of how the world's most deadly military forces are created and kept in a high state of readiness.