Jawbreaker
Subtitle: the attack on Bin Laden and Al Qaeda : a personal account by the CIA's key field commander
By: Gary Berntsen and Ralph Pezzullo.
Contributors: Pezzullo, Ralph.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Crown Publishers
Published: 2005
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 328
Subjects: United States. Central Intelligence Agency.; Terrorism -- Prevention.; War on Terrorism, 2001-
Description: A CIA field commander offers an inside look at the war in Afghanistan against Osama Bin Laden, explaining how he and his handpicked team of CIA and Special Operations Forces launched an offensive against Al Qaeda.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The attack; title: August 7, 1998; title: The declaration; title: The deployments; title: CTC/Special Operations; title: Negotiations; title: Panshir Valley; title: Shomali Plains; title: Mazar-e Sharif; title: Amir; title: The fall of Kabul; title: Kabul; title: Team Juliet; title: Bilal; title: General Tommy Franks; title: Qala-i Jangi fortress; title: Tora Bora; title: The Battle of Milawa; title: Adam Khan; title: Hamid Karzai; title: Escape.