Tiger Force
Published on 8. May 2006
Book
Hardback
416 pages
978-0-340-75249-4 (ISBN)
Description
For seven months in 1967 the soldiers of Tiger Force lost control in a frenzy of torture, mutilation and cold-blooded murder. Stories started to leak back of women and children blown to pieces; of innocent civilians being routinely executed; of beheaded children and necklaces made from the severed ears of the dead. Afterwards no-one would talk about what happened, and the official investigation was swiftly curtailed.The actions of Tiger Force in the Vietnam war have never been made public. The experimental unit of elite soldiers found itself in a brutal and baffling war where there were no rules, and their reaction was catastrophic.TIGER FORCE is the previously unheard account of the true actions of these doomed men, and the consequences of this dark chapter in recent history. For the very first time, Pulitzer-prize winning authors Michael Sallah and Mitchell Weiss reveal the awful truth behind the American military's wall of silence.
Reviews / Votes
'A vital and damning glimpse at what really goes on behind the wartime headlines.' -- MetroMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Hodder & Stoughton
Dimensions
Height: 242 mm
Width: 159 mm
Thickness: 37 mm
Weight
680 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-340-75249-4 (9780340752494)
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Persons
Michael Sallah is the Toledo Blade's national affairs writer. He has won state and national awards and twice been named the Ohio Society of Professional Journalists' reporter of the year. Mitchell Weiss is the Blade's state editor. He joined the newspaper in 1998 after spending 12 years with The Associated Press, where he won state and national awards.