Shadow Warriors: Inside the Special Forces (Paperback)
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An unconventional war requires unconventional menthe 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 Stinerthe second commander of SOCOM, the U.S. Special Operations Commandand 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 operationsfrom Vietnam and Laos to Lebanon to Panama, to Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and Iraq, to the new wars of today
Tom Clancy is the author of twelve novels, most recently, Red Rabbit and The Bear and the Dragon, and the co-author of the Commanders books Into the Storm and Every Man a Tiger. He is also the co-author of the nonfiction series that includes Submarine, Armored Cav, Fighter Wing, Marine, Airborne, Carrier, and Special Forces, and the co-creator of the Op-Center, Power Plays, and Net Force series.
General Carl Stiner, now retired, was commander in chief of SOCOM from 1990 to 1993, and previously spent a large part of his career as commander of many of the nation's preeminent contingency strike forces, such as the XVIII Airborne Corps, the 82nd Airborne Division, and the Joint Special Operations Command. Among the missions with which he was involved are the Achille Lauro hostage rescue, the invasion of Panama, and operations during Desert Storm.
- Author:
- Clancy, Tom
- Series Title:
- Study in Command
- Genre:
- HISTORY / Military / General
- Audience:
- General/trade
- Edition Detail:
- Reprint
- Format:
- Paperback
- Pages:
- 560
- Language:
- English
- Publisher:
- Berkley Pub Group
- Publish Date:
- 02/01/2003
- Copyright Year:
- 2002
- ISBN:
- 9780425188316
- Height:
- 9.0 in
- Wdth:
- 6.0 in
- Thickness:
- 1.12 in
- Unit weight:
- 1.25 lb
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This is the third volume in Clancy's series presenting modern war from the perspective of its commanders. Here the focus is on special warfare: Rangers, SEALs, Delta Force, the Green Berets and other less familiar organizations. Stiner headed the newly created Special Operations Command during the Gulf War. His experiences and Clancy's investigations combine to describe how the perennial outsider troops became frontline insiders. Many of the book's anecdotes from the 1950s and '60s support an image of a special operations community not exactly at war with the army, but trying to establish parameters for what its advocates considered a new approach to war, incorporating military, political and social elements under military control. Following about 40 pages on Vietnam, the second half the book takes us through accounts of the pinpoint strikes on the hijacked cruise ship Achille Lauro, two operations in Panama and Desert Storm activities that included Scud missile takedowns. The book ends with a 10-page chapter on September 11 and its aftermath, and appendixes on Special Ops Command history and "Leadership." Readers looking for an up-to-the-minute account of the ways and means of the war in Afghanistan will not find it here, but the plethora of insider history and firsthand operation specifics from insertion to "exfiltration" up to the early '90s will please the historically minded. (Feb. 4) Forecast: The Clancy name and events of September 11 have combined to make this a BOMC main selection, but the Gulf War material will have trouble competing with live television reports and newspaper accounts of current systems and teams. Expect a short run as a bestseller on the strength of Clancy alone. (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved
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