Warrior elite
Subtitle: 31 heroic special-ops missions from the raid on Son Tay to the killing of Osama Bin Laden
By: Nigel Cawthorne
Publisher: Ulysses Press
Published: 2011
Language: eng
Number of pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9781569759301; 9781435140752
Subjects: Military art and science; Special forces (Military science); Special operations (Military science); History
Description: Looks at thirty-one special operations missions throughout history, including the battle of Tora Bora, the Falklands War, the raid on Entebbe, and the killing of Osama bin Laden.
Table of contents: title: Raid on Son Tay; title: Special operations at sea; title: The Munich Olympics; title: The Mayaguez incident; title: Raid on Entebbe; title: Operation Eagle Claw; title: Iranian embassy siege, London; title: MIA rescue mission; title: The Falklands war; title: Operation Urgent Fury; title: Achille Lauro; title: Operation Just Cause; title: Somalia; title: Desert Shield and Desert Storm; title: Black Hawk Down; title: Battle of Qala-i-Jangi; title: Battle of Tora Bora; title: Operation Anaconda; title: Operation Iraqi Freedom; title: Battle of Debecka Pass; title: Pack of cards; title: Rescue of Jessica Lynch; title: Capture of Saddam Hussein; title: Hostage rescue Iraq; title: Operation Redwing; title: Task Force 88; title: Decapitating the Taliban and al-Qaeda; title: Rescue from Somali pirates; title: Operation Celestial Balance; title: Haiti earthquake; title: Killing of Osama bin Laden.