Warrior Elite: 31 Heroic Special-Ops Missions from the Raid on Son Tay to the Killing of Osama bin Laden
Heart-pounding accounts of the courageous men, elite methods, and deadly moments that make up daring special ops missions.

 

They are the strongest, best-trained and most powerfully equipped soldiers in the world. The select few who overcome near-impossible odds. The special ops forces. Presenting real-life stories that read like fictional thrillers, Warrior Elite recounts over two dozen of modern warfare’s most

riveting, dangerous, and infamous missions. From support amid the lethal chaos of major combat operations, like the rescue of Private Jessica Lynch in Iraq, to targeted military strikes against rogue enemies, like the Navy SEAL sniper shots that saved Captain Richard Phillips from Somali pirates, these are the missions that test the gut level of even the bravest soldier. Warrior Elite brings readers into the heart of the battle to experience the hectic horror of Black Hawk Down, the blind terror of Tora Bora cave warfare, and the triumphant success of MIA rescue missions deep in Laos.
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Warrior Elite: 31 Heroic Special-Ops Missions from the Raid on Son Tay to the Killing of Osama bin Laden
Heart-pounding accounts of the courageous men, elite methods, and deadly moments that make up daring special ops missions.

 

They are the strongest, best-trained and most powerfully equipped soldiers in the world. The select few who overcome near-impossible odds. The special ops forces. Presenting real-life stories that read like fictional thrillers, Warrior Elite recounts over two dozen of modern warfare’s most

riveting, dangerous, and infamous missions. From support amid the lethal chaos of major combat operations, like the rescue of Private Jessica Lynch in Iraq, to targeted military strikes against rogue enemies, like the Navy SEAL sniper shots that saved Captain Richard Phillips from Somali pirates, these are the missions that test the gut level of even the bravest soldier. Warrior Elite brings readers into the heart of the battle to experience the hectic horror of Black Hawk Down, the blind terror of Tora Bora cave warfare, and the triumphant success of MIA rescue missions deep in Laos.
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Warrior Elite: 31 Heroic Special-Ops Missions from the Raid on Son Tay to the Killing of Osama bin Laden

Warrior Elite: 31 Heroic Special-Ops Missions from the Raid on Son Tay to the Killing of Osama bin Laden

by Nigel Cawthorne
Warrior Elite: 31 Heroic Special-Ops Missions from the Raid on Son Tay to the Killing of Osama bin Laden

Warrior Elite: 31 Heroic Special-Ops Missions from the Raid on Son Tay to the Killing of Osama bin Laden

by Nigel Cawthorne

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Overview

Heart-pounding accounts of the courageous men, elite methods, and deadly moments that make up daring special ops missions.

 

They are the strongest, best-trained and most powerfully equipped soldiers in the world. The select few who overcome near-impossible odds. The special ops forces. Presenting real-life stories that read like fictional thrillers, Warrior Elite recounts over two dozen of modern warfare’s most

riveting, dangerous, and infamous missions. From support amid the lethal chaos of major combat operations, like the rescue of Private Jessica Lynch in Iraq, to targeted military strikes against rogue enemies, like the Navy SEAL sniper shots that saved Captain Richard Phillips from Somali pirates, these are the missions that test the gut level of even the bravest soldier. Warrior Elite brings readers into the heart of the battle to experience the hectic horror of Black Hawk Down, the blind terror of Tora Bora cave warfare, and the triumphant success of MIA rescue missions deep in Laos.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781569759691
Publisher: Ulysses Press
Publication date: 02/10/2022
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 322
File size: 1 MB

About the Author

Nigel Cawthorne is the author of Serial Killers and Mass Murderers, as well as numerous other books. His writing has appeared in more than 150 newspapers and magazines, including the Financial Times, Sun, Flatbush Life, and The New York Tribune. He lives in London, UK.

Table of Contents

Including:

-Raid on Son Tay in an attempt to free US prisoners held in North Vietnam, 1970
-British SBS land on Queen Elizabeth 2 in mid-Atlantic after bomb threat, 1972
-German special forces failure at the Munich Olympics (leading to formation of influential GSG-9), 1972
-Operation Eagle Claw, attempted rescue of US Embassy hostages in Tehran, 1980
-Iranian Embassy siege, London, 1980
-Operation Just Cause, the invasion of Panama, 1990
-Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm, 1991
-“Black Hawk Down”, the Battle of Mogadishu, Somalia, 1993
-Battle of Tora Bora, Afghanistan, 2001
-Operation Anaconda, Afghanistan, 2002
-Battle of the Debecka Pass, Iraq, 2003
-“Decapitation” operations, Afghanistan, 2008–present
-Delta Force captures Saddam, 2003
-Hostage rescue of foreign workers in Iraq, June 8, 2004
-Operation Redwing – ill-fated attempt to rescue Navy SEALS in Afghanistan, 2005
-Navy SEALs Rescue Captain Phillips from Pirate Captors, April 12, 2009
-Rescue of Jessica Lynch, April 1, 2003
-Air Force special ops rescue seven survivors of Haiti earthquake, 2010
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