To Dare and to Conquer
Subtitle: Special Operations and the Destiny of Nations, from Achilles to Al Qaeda
Publisher: Back Bay Books
Published: March 2, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 688
ISBN-13: 9780316014236
Subjects: Intelligence Operations; Military Operations; History; History - Military / War; Military; Military - General; Military Science; History / Military / General
First sentence: LESS THAN six weeks after a band of kamikaze air pirates destroyed the World Trade Center towers and blasted in the Pentagon's northeast face, 199 U.S. Army Rangers parachuted into the night upon an isolated landing strip sixty miles from Kandahar deep in the southern Afghan desert.
Table of contents: label: Contents
pagenum: V; label: Introduction
pagenum: 3; label: Part I; label: Chapter 1
title: Who Dares Wins
pagenum: 17; label: Chapter 2
title: Even Troy Must Fall
pagenum: 40; label: Chapter 3
title: Birth of World Power
pagenum: 65; label: Chapter 4
title: A Terrible Few
pagenum: 97; label: Part II; label: Chapter 5
title: The Great Wheel Turns
pagenum: 129; label: Chapter 6
title: War of The Worlds
pagenum: 147; label: Chapter 7
title: No Peace Beyond the Line
pagenum: 184; label: Chapter 8
title: A Hazard of New Fortunes
pagenum: 213; label: Chapter 9
title: The Old World and the New
pagenum: 235; label: Part III; label: Chapter 10
title: To Try Men's Souls
pagenum: 273; label: Chapter 11
title: The Fate of Glory
pagenum: 308; label: Chapter 12
title: New Frontiers
pagenum: 339; label: Chapter 13
title: Strange Fulfillments
pagenum: 358; label: Chapter 14
title: From Spark to Flame
pagenum: 385; label: Part IV; label: Chapter 15
title: Sinister Twilight
pagenum: 419; label: Chapter 16
title: So far, the Main Event
pagenum: 442; label: Chapter 17
title: Dawn Like Thunder
pagenum: 498; label: Chapter 18
title: Invasion from the Future
pagenum: 532; label: Conclusion
pagenum: 581; label: Acknowledgments
pagenum: 599; label: Notes
pagenum: 601; label: Selected Bibliography
pagenum: 637; label: Index
pagenum: 650