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Gentlemen Bastards: On the Ground in Afghanistan with America's Elite Special Forces
by Maurer, Kevin
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- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/No DJ
- ISBN 10
- 0425252698
- ISBN 13
- 9780425252697
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About This Item
Berkley Books/Penguin Group Publishers, 2012. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good/No DJ. 8vo - over 7. Berkley Books/Penguin Group Publishers, 2012, Second Printing. Hardcover Book in Good+ Condition. Without Dust Jacket. Blue cloth over spine with white titles, cream paper-wrapped boards which have some light spotting; otherwise in very good condition--sewn binding is solid and square, corners sharp, pages as new. 16 page section of photographs. 256 pages. 8vo. 2012, Berkley Books/Penguin Group Publishers.
Synopsis
The Green Berets—a legendary corps of soldiers whose exploits made military history. But now, their very identity and role as a fighting force may be forever changed… Until the war in Iraq, Special Forces were the military’s counterinsurgency experts. Their specialty was going behind enemy lines and training insurgent forces. In Afghanistan, they toppled the Taliban by transforming Northern Alliance fighters into cohesive units. But in the almost nine years since, Special Forces units have forgone their previous mission, instead focusing on offensive raids. With time running short, the Green Berets are going back to their roots and have started to focus on training Afghan security forces and building an Afghan government one village at a time. Award-winning journalist Kevin Maurer traveled with a Special Forces team in Afghanistan, finding out first hand the inside story of the lives of this elite group of highly trained soldiers. He witnessed the intense brotherhood built upon the Special Forces’ rigorous selection process and arduous training that makes them the smartest soldiers on the battlefield. He also discovered the boredom of chasing an elusive enemy and managing third world cops and the infighting between teammates and other units. Nine years after the start of the Afghan war, Maurer delivers a compelling account of modern warfare and of a fighting force that is doing everything in its power to achieve victory on a complex twenty-first century battlefield.
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- Title
- Gentlemen Bastards: On the Ground in Afghanistan with America's Elite Special Forces
- Author
- Maurer, Kevin
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No DJ
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0425252698
- ISBN 13
- 9780425252697
- Publisher
- Berkley Books/Penguin Group Publishers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2012
- Size
- 8vo - over 7
- Keywords
- AFGHANISTAN WAR HISTORY, WAR AFGHAN WAR-COMMMANDO OPERATIONS MILITARY SCIENCE
- X weight
- 0 oz
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