Commandos
The Making Of America's Secrets
1st Edition
Published on 9. July 2013
384 pages
978-1-4391-4207-3 (ISBN)
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A precursor to American Sniper or Seal Team Six, The Commandos is a heart-pounding look at what it takes to fight alongside the very best of America's armed forces.
In The Commandos, veteran Pentagon correspondent for Newsweek Douglas Waller gives a behind-the-scenes look at the most secret and elite of clandestine warriors. Offering inside details of the U.S. special operations forces, including Green Berets, Navy SEALs, and Delta Force, Waller reveals the excruciating training and dangerous missions of America's elite fighting forces as he follows them following them into battle in Operation Desert Storm.
In The Commandos, veteran Pentagon correspondent for Newsweek Douglas Waller gives a behind-the-scenes look at the most secret and elite of clandestine warriors. Offering inside details of the U.S. special operations forces, including Green Berets, Navy SEALs, and Delta Force, Waller reveals the excruciating training and dangerous missions of America's elite fighting forces as he follows them following them into battle in Operation Desert Storm.
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Douglas Waller is a former correspondent for Newsweek and Time, where he covered the CIA, Pentagon, State Department, White House, and Congress. He is the author of the bestsellers Wild Bill Donovan, Big Red, and The Commandos, as well as critically acclaimed works such as Disciples, the story of four CIA directors who fought for Donovan in World War II, and A Question of Loyalty, a biography of General Billy Mitchell. He lives in Raleigh, North Carolina.
Content
- Intro
- Dedication
- Acknowledgments
- Prologue: The Sharkmen
- Part I: The Making of a Commando
- 1. Robin Sage
- 2. Hell Week
- 3. The Cowboys
- 4. Delta Force
- Part II: Desert Storm
- 5. The Road to War
- 6. Operation Eager Anvil
- 7. Psyops
- 8. Behind Enemy Lines
- 9. Deception at Mina Saud
- 10. The Scud Hunt
- Part III: The Future
- 11. Tomorrow's Warriors
- 12. Tomorrow's Wars
- Photographs
- About Douglas C. Waller
- Source Notes
- Index
- Copyright
