Wanted dead or alive
Subtitle: manhunts from Geronimo to Bin Laden
By: Benjamin Runkle
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 282
ISBN-13: 9780230104853
Subjects: Aguinaldo, Emilio,; Aguinaldo, Emilio, 1869-1964; Fugitives from justice; Intervention (International law); History; Armed Forces
Description: "A top security specialist tells the exciting tales of America's hunts for its most dangerous outlaws and terrorists"--Page [2] of jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [239]-274) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : when the man is the mission; title: The Geronimo campaign; title: The capture of Emilio Aguinaldo; title: Pancho Villa and the Punitive Expedition; title: The Sandino Affair; title: The Vatican, black voodoo, heavy metal, and the Delta Force : the hunt for Manuel Noriega; title: The warlord's revenge : Task Force Ranger and the search for Mohammed Farah Aideed; title: The hunt for Osama bin Laden, part I; title: Strategic manhunts in Mesopotamia : Saddam Hussein and Abu Musab al-Zarqawi; title: The hunt for Osama bin Laden part II, manhunting lessons learned and Tora Bora reconsidered; title: Conclusion : beyond bin Laden : the future of strategic manhunts.