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PHOENIX RISING recounts the paradoxical birth of SOF through the prism of Operation Eagle Claw, the failed attempt to rescue fifty-two Americans held hostage in the U.S. Embassy in Tehran. When terrorists captured the Embassy on November 4, 1979[...]
ISBN (or other code): 978-1-61200-877-6 Article on page: 318 p. Class number: 356.16 (Special forces (Military science)) Tags: Special forces (Military Science)--United States ; Special operations (Military science)--United States ; Operation Eagle Claw, Iran, 1980 Languages: English ![]()
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In the past three decades, the United States government has used special operations repeatedly in an effort to achieve key foreign policy objectives, such as in the overthrow of Fidel Castro in Cuba and the rescuing of American hostages in Iran.[...]
ISBN (or other code): 978-0-19-504591-8 Article on page: x, 257 Class number: 973.92 Tags: United States--History, Military--20th century ; United States--Foreign relations--1945-1989 ; Special operations (Military science)--United States ; Special operations (Military science)--History Languages: English ![]()
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"Based on unique inside access, the author of the New York Times bestseller Masters of Chaos explains how special operations forces are reshaping the U.S. military In One Hundred Victories, acclaimed military expert Linda Robinson shows how the [...]
ISBN (or other code): 978-1-61039-149-8 Article on page: XIX, 311 p. Class number: 958.104/78 Tags: Taliban members ; Afghan War, 2001--Campaigns ; Afghan War, 2001--Commando operations--United States ; Special operations (Military science)--United States ; Counterinsurgency--Afghanistan--History--21st century ; United States--Armed Forces--Afghanistan--History ; Afghanistan--Politics and government--2001- ; Afghanistan--History, Military--21st century Languages: English ![]()
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"Prior to 9/11, the United States had been carrying out small-scale covert operations in Afghanistan, ostensibly in cooperation with, although often in direct opposition to, I.S.I., the Pakistani intelligence agency. While the United States was[...]
ISBN (or other code): 978-1-59420-458-6 Article on page: XXIII, 757 p. Class number: 958.104/7373 Tags: Qaida (Organization) ; United States. Central Intelligence Agency ; Afghan War, 2001- ; Military intelligence--United States ; Military intelligence--Pakistan ; Special operations (Military science)--United States ; United States--Military relations--Pakistan ; Pakistan--Military relations--United States Languages: English ![]()
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Following the failures of the Iraq and Afghan wars, as well as “military lite” methods and counterinsurgency, the Pentagon is pioneering a new brand of global warfare predicated on special ops, drones, spy games, civilian soldiers, and cyberwa[...]
ISBN (or other code): 978-1-60846-310-7 Article on page: 101 p. Descriptors: 6.20 International relations > State security > Sécurité nationale > Cyberdéfense
6.60 Equipment and facilities > Vehicles > Aircraft > Drones
Class number: 355/.033573 Tags: United States--Military policy--History--21st century ; Special operations (Military science)--United States ; Terrorism--Prevention Languages: English ![]()
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The companion volume to the multimillion-copy classic "No Easy Day" by former Navy SEAL Mark Owen reveals the evolution of a SEAL Team Six operator Mark Owen s instant #1 "New York Times" bestseller, "No Easy Day: The Firsthand Account of the Mi[...]
ISBN (or other code): 978-0-451-47224-3 Article on page: VI, 290 p. Class number: 359.984 073 Tags: United States. Navy. SEALs--Biography ; United States. Navy--Commando troops--Biography ; Special operations (Military science)--United States ; Special forces (Military Science)--United States ; War on terrorism, 2001-2009 Languages: English ![]()
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ISBN (or other code): 978-1-84668-851-5 Article on page: XXIV, 642 p. Class number: 355.3430973 Tags: Special operations (Military science)--United States ; War on terrorism, 2001-2009 ; United States--History, Military--21st century ; United States--Military policy--History--21st century ; United States--Military policy--Moral and ethical aspects Languages: English