Fighting Dirty
Subtitle: The Inside Story of Covert Operations From Ho Chi Minh to Osama Bin Laden
Publisher: Cassell
Published: April 28, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 640
ISBN-13: 9780304353828
Subjects: BG-HOUSE & HOME - BG-HOUSE & HOME; History / Military / General; Postwar period, 1945 to c 2000; Second World War, 1939-1945; Terrorism, freedom fighters, armed struggle; War & defence operations; World history: from c 1900 -; Military - General; History - Military / War; 20th century; History; Special forces (Military scien; Special forces (Military science); Special operations (Military s; Special operations (Military science); Military
First sentence: At 3.30 p.m. on 20 September 1945, President Harry S. Truman signed an executive order abolishing the United States's wartime intelligence and unconventional warfare organisation, the Office of Strategic Services (OSS).