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9781250045447 | St Martins Pr, January 27, 2015, cover price $27.99

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9781250080608 | Reprint edition (Griffin, January 26, 2016), cover price $15.99

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9781427252470 | Unabridged edition (St Martins Pr, January 27, 2015), cover price $29.99

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Product Description: They are among the most elite of all U.S. military, special forces subject to a rigorous selection and training process. Air commandos perform highly dangerous and often secret operations. They are involved in special military operations, counterinsurgency, and counterterrorism...read more

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9781477779958 | Pck edition (Rosen Pub Group, January 1, 2015), cover price $77.70
9781477779941 | Rosen Pub Group, January 1, 2015, cover price $12.95 | About this edition: They are among the most elite of all U.

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9781477779934, titled "Special Ops: Air Commandos" | Rosen Pub Group, January 1, 2015, cover price $32.95 | About this edition: They are among the most elite of all U.

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Product Description: An introduction to the life of Air Commandos in the Air Force (aka Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC)) describing some missions, how they train, and their role in the armed forces.

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9781607534891 | Amicus, July 1, 2014, cover price $28.50 | About this edition: An introduction to the life of Air Commandos in the Air Force (aka Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC)) describing some missions, how they train, and their role in the armed forces.

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Product Description: The soldiers of 32 Battalion were so feared by their enemies that they were called ‘the terrible ones’. This comprehensive two-volume work covers in detail the unit’s 117 documented military operations from 1976 to 1993. Nortje explains how the operations were planned and executed, what went wrong, what went right, and what the outcomes were...read more

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9781770223974 | Slp edition (Random House Struik, September 14, 2014), cover price $85.00 | About this edition: The soldiers of 32 Battalion were so feared by their enemies that they were called ‘the terrible ones’.
9781909384132 | Helion & Co Ltd, February 19, 2014, cover price $125.00 | About this edition: The soldiers of 32 Battalion were so feared by their enemies that they were called 'the terrible ones'.
9781770224100 | Casemate Pub & Book Dist Llc, September 15, 2012, cover price $49.00 | About this edition: The soldiers of 32 Battalion were so feared by their enemies that they were called ‘the terrible ones’.

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A history of the elite U.S. Army special operations unit known as The Activity describes their organization after the failed hostage rescue attempt in 1980 and their clandestine missions, from the assassinations of key al Qa'eda members to the capture of Saddam Hussein. By the author of The Emperor's Code. 35,000 first printing.

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9780312362720 | St Martins Pr, March 6, 2007, cover price $24.95 | About this edition: A history of the elite U.

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Product Description: This book is must read for the military operational planner and civilian analyst as well as the general reader with a bent towards military affairs. In general terms, terrain and weather constitute the basic setting for all military operations...read more

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9788170621232 | Lancer Intl Lancer Pr, April 19, 2008, cover price $29.95 | About this edition: This book is must read for the military operational planner and civilian analyst as well as the general reader with a bent towards military affairs.

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Product Description: James D. Kiras shows how a number of different special operations, in conjunction with more conventional military actions, achieve and sustain strategic effect(s) over time. In particular, he argues that the root of effective special operations lies in understanding the relationship existing between moral and material attrition at the strategic level...read more

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9780415702126 | Routledge, September 30, 2006, cover price $168.00 | About this edition: James D.

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9780203969649 | Routledge, July 29, 2006, cover price $39.95 | also contains Special Operations And Strategy: From World War II to the War on Terrorism

Describes the military's elite forces, documenting their origins and their roles in present-day conflicts.

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9781592287093 | Lyons Pr, November 1, 2004, cover price $24.95 | About this edition: Describes the military's elite forces, documenting their origins and their roles in present-day conflicts.

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Furnishes thirty real-life accounts of the most heroic special forces missions ever undertaken behind enemy lines, focusing on the exploits of the SAS, Rangers, Navy SEALs, and others, from 1940 to the present-day operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. Original.
By Jon E. Lewis (editor)

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9780786714278 | Running Pr Book Pub, September 3, 2004, cover price $13.95 | About this edition: Furnishes thirty real-life accounts of the most heroic special forces missions ever undertaken behind enemy lines, focusing on the exploits of the SAS, Rangers, Navy SEALs, and others, from 1940 to the present-day operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.

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Product Description: Spud Ely's SAS career has taken him into some of the most deadly, high-octane, violent battles ever. From the Falklands to the Persian Gulf, he has been in the very center of the most ferocious fighting scenes modern history has witnessed...read more

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9781857825756 | John Blake, February 1, 2003, cover price $13.99 | About this edition: Spud Ely's SAS career has taken him into some of the most deadly, high-octane, violent battles ever.

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Details the life and career of a charismatic, unconventional military leader of counterinsurgency operations who has become a legend of the Cold War Air Force. (view table of contents)

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9781560988076 | Smithsonian Inst Pr, May 1, 2000, cover price $27.95 | About this edition: Details the life and career of a charismatic, unconventional military leader of counterinsurgency operations who has become a legend of the Cold War Air Force.

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Introduces the Navy special forces known as SEALs, describing their mission, history, and the equipment they use (view table of contents)

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9780736803403 | Edge Books, January 1, 2000, cover price $23.93 | About this edition: Introduces the Navy special forces known as SEALs, describing their mission, history, and the equipment they use

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Introduces the special force of the United States Army known as the Night Stalkers including their history, training, and equipment. (view table of contents)

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9780736803380 | Edge Books, January 1, 2000, cover price $23.93 | About this edition: Introduces the army special force known as the Night Stalkers, including their history, training, and equipment

Introduces the United States Air Force's Special Operations Wings including their history, development, missions, specific jobs of crewmembers, and equipment (view table of contents)

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9780736803366 | Edge Books, January 1, 2000, cover price $23.93 | About this edition: Introduces the United States Air Force's Special Operations Wings including their history, development, missions, specific jobs of crewmembers, and equipment

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Product Description: The development and expansion around the globe of airborne, airmobile, intelligence-gathering and commando forces requires a parallel expansion of dedicated and specialized aviation support. And just as militaries increasingly turn to aviation, so too do law enforcement, emergency medical, firefighting and search-and-rescue organizations...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

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9780760307632 | Motorbooks Intl, July 1, 1999, cover price $26.95 | About this edition: The development and expansion around the globe of airborne, airmobile, intelligence-gathering and commando forces requires a parallel expansion of dedicated and specialized aviation support.

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Product Description: Publisher: Narwhal Press; 1 edition (July 1, 1998)

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9781886391239 | 1 edition (Narwhal Pr Inc, July 1, 1998), cover price $19.95 | About this edition: Publisher: Narwhal Press; 1 edition (July 1, 1998)

A collection of stories records the exploits of the highly trained special and sometimes secret armies responsible for the most spectacular successes in modern warfare, from the Green Berets to the Israeli Paratroop Regiment. Original.
By Jon E. Lewis (editor)

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9780786700325 | Carroll & Graf Pub, November 1, 1993, cover price $10.95 | About this edition: Recounts the exploits of the highly trained special and sometimes secret armies responsible for the most spectacular successes in modern warfare, from the Green Berets to the Israeli Paratroop Regiment

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Describes missions carried out by U.S. special forces, including the failed Iranian hostage rescue, and describes weapons, insertion and extraction techniques, and an advanced new helicopter

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9780809486007 | Time Life Education, March 1, 1991, cover price $19.93 | About this edition: Describes missions carried out by U.

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