Hammerhead Six
Subtitle: how Green Berets waged an unconventional war against the Taliban to win in Afghanistan's deadly Pech Valley
By: Ronald Fry, Captain, U.S. Special Forces ; with Tad Tuleja
Contributors: Tuleja, Tad, 1944- author
Edition: First edition.
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 382
ISBN-13: 9780316341431
Subjects: Counterinsurgency; Campaigns; American Personal narratives; United States; Commando operations; Afghan War, 2001-; United States. Army. Special Forces; Biography; History
Other titles: How Green Berets waged an unconventional war against the Taliban to win in Afghanistan's deadly Pech Valley; Hammerhead 6
Description: "In 2003, the Special Forces soldiers entered an area later called "the most dangerous place in Afghanistan." Here, where the line between civilians and armed zealots was indistinct, they illustrated the Afghan proverb: "I destroy my enemy by making him my friend." Fry recounts how they were seen as welcome guests rather than invaders. Soon after their deployment ended, the Pech Valley reverted to turmoil. Their success was never replicated. Hammerhead Six finally reveals how cultural respect, hard work (and the occasional machine-gun burst) were more than a match for the Taliban and Al Qaeda, "--Amazon.com.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 371-375) and index.
Table of contents: title: Part I. Fall 2003; title: 1. Into the gray; title: 2. The fort; title: 3. A war of all against all; title: 4. Hunter's moon; title: 5. A baited ambush; title: 6. Hammer and anvil; title: 7. Odysseus redux; title: 8. The experiment; title: Part II. Winter 2003-2004; title: 9. The neighborhood; title: 10. A captain's first duty; title: 11. Commander's intent; title: 12. Culture clashes; title: 13. The prisoner; title: 14. The decider; title: 15. Ghost tracks; title: 16. Lost in translation; title: 17. The uprising; title: 18. Fireworks; title: Part III. Spring 2004; title: 19. A tale of two mullahs; title: 20. Eye for an eye; title: 21. High noon; title: 22. The waiting game; title: 23. The unforgivable; title: 24. A shared struggle; title: 25. Nanawatay.