Black ops the rise of special forces in the C.I.A, the S.A.S, and Mossad

After ten challenging years in Afghanistan, the new U.S. strategy, aimed at winning hearts and minds rather than search-and-destroy, refocuses the conflict on Special Forces: unorthodox soldiers who work outside of traditional military forces to combine secret military operations with nation buildin...

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Main Author: Geraghty, Tony
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York Pegasus Books 2012.
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300 |a xlix, 440 p., [8] p. of plates  |b ill.  |c 23 cm. 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references and index. 
505 0 |a Introduction -- The President's dilemma -- Delta, Desert One, and "The Activity" -- Blood, oil, and dollars -- Cloak-and-dagger dons the green beret -- Plausibly deniable (and other ways into trouble) -- Joseph's coat of many disruptive patterns -- Big boys' games, big boys' rules -- Epilogue: a nimble, precise strategy. 
520 |a After ten challenging years in Afghanistan, the new U.S. strategy, aimed at winning hearts and minds rather than search-and-destroy, refocuses the conflict on Special Forces: unorthodox soldiers who work outside of traditional military forces to combine secret military operations with nation building. This book unveils the extraordinary evolution of this refined style of war-making from its roots in anti-guerrilla warfare in Ireland and Palestine, by way of the creation of the C.I.A., the S.A.S., the Green Berets, the American Office of Strategic Services (O.S.S.), and many others, including Mossad. 
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610 1 0 |a Great Britain.  |b Army.  |b Special Air Service. 
610 1 0 |a Israel.  |b Mosad le-modiʻin ṿe-tafḳidim meyuḥadim. 
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