num_pages: 640
description: Recent events prove that we need to know more about terrorism and the forces designated to fight it. A foremost expert on guerrilla warfare presents, for the first time, a comprehensive investigation of covert military operations from Vietnam to Afghanistan. Among the the CIA handed out shoulder-fired antiaircraft missiles "like lollipops" to Osama bin Laden and other mujahadeen leaders. Plus : why the Russians failed in Afghanistan and how "fighting dirty" sometimes meant helping drug dealers to earn their support.
language: English
title: Fighting Dirty: The Inside Story of Covert Operations From Ho Chi Minh to Osama Bin Laden
titlecomplete: Fighting Dirty: The Inside Story of Covert Operations From Ho Chi Minh to Osama Bin Laden (Cassell Military Paperback)
genres: History, Military History, War
ratings_count: 25
publisher: Cassell