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English
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This study investigates the contributions made by the U.S. Army Special Forces (SF) during the Persian Gulf conflict. Particular emphasis is placed on each mission performed by the SF during operations DESERT SHIELD/ DESERT STORM. Emphasis is placed initially on the building-block foundation of how a Special Forces Group (Airborne) is organized, paying particular attention to the operational A-detachment and the makeup of the SF soldier, which is...
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English
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The Navy has the SEALs, and the Army has the Green Berets. They are masters of asymmetrical warfare, trained to immerse themselves in hostile territory, sleeping near their enemies and building relationships with people who may want to kill them. Retired lieutenant colonel Tony Schwalm knows this group well, because he is one of them and he trained them. In The Guerrilla Factory, he provides an unbelievably gripping inside look into the grueling training...
5) Green Berets
Author
Publisher
Edge Books
Pub. Date
c2007
Physical Desc
32 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Describes the history, training, equipment, and purpose of the military's Green Berets.
Author
Publisher
Dutton
Pub. Date
c2012
Physical Desc
390 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
When her research is being used to run unmanned drones, Lindsey McKinney and Odin, a Special Ops soldier with an insight into the faceless enemy, must slow the advance long enough for the world to recognize its destructive power.
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Series
Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
c2000
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
48 p. : col. ill. ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Explains how special forces soldiers are chosen and trained, the different kinds of missions for which they are used, how special forces teams are organized, and the specific functions they perform.
Author
Series
Publisher
[Jeff Kirkham, Jason Ross]
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
431 pages ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
A Special Forces commando returns home from combat to America on the edge of apocalypse. He and his family land a gig running security for a wealthy clan of survivors, yet most of the group struggles to make peace with the sudden death of modern sensibilities and woke culture. Can a few salty warfighters convince plastic surgeons, realtors and human resource managers that they must pick up their guns and fight or their families will die? Green Beret,...
Author
Publisher
WaterBrook
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
261 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"From one of the fiercest skirmishes of the Vietnam War to years of seclusion in a mountain cave, Medal of Honor recipient, Gary Beikirch has faced more than his fair share of battles and overcome each of them through perseverance and faith. He inspires readers to do the same"--
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Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
559 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
Language
English
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"A vivid narrative of a life in intelligence and special operations, from the Cold War to the war on terror. In 1984, Michael Vickers took charge of the CIA's secret campaign against the Soviets in Afghanistan. Inheriting a strategy aimed at imposing costs on Russia, Vickers transformed the campaign into an all-out effort to help the Afghans win their war. More than any other American, he was responsible for the outcome in Afghanistan that led to...
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Publisher
Skyhorse Publishing
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
xxxiv, 728 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
William Pepper was James Earl Ray?s lawyer in the trial for the murder of Martin Luther King Jr., and even after Ray?s conviction and death, Pepper continues to adamantly argue Ray?s innocence. This myth-shattering expos? is a revised, updated, and heavily expanded volume of Pepper?s original bestselling and critically acclaimed book Orders to Kill, with twenty-six years of additional research included. The result reveals dramatic new details of the...
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Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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"From Beau Wise and Tom Sileo comes Three Wise Men, an incredible memoir of family, service and sacrifice by a Marine who lost both his brothers in combat--becoming the only "Sole Survivor" during the war in Afghanistan. Shortly after the 9/11 attacks, three brothers by blood became brothers in arms when each volunteered to defend their country. No military family has sacrificed more during the ensuing war, which has become the longest ever fought...
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Series
Pub. Date
2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 10.4 - AR Pts: 41
Physical Desc
548 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
An unconventional war requires unconventional men—the Special Forces. Green Berets • Navy SEALS • Rangers • Air Force Special Operations • PsyOps • Civil Affairs • and other special-mission units The first two Commanders books, Every Man a Tiger and Into the Storm, provided masterly blends of history, biography, you-are-there narrative, insight into the practice of leadership, and plain old-fashioned storytelling. Shadow Warriors is...
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Publisher
Atria Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
399 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
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Description
"From decorated Green Beret sniper, UFC headliner, and all around badass, Tim Kennedy, a rollicking, inspirational memoir offering lessons in how to embrace failure and weather storms, in order to unlock the strongest version of yourself. Tim Kennedy has a problem; he only feels alive right before he's about to die. Kennedy, a Green Beret, decorated Army sniper, and UFC headliner, has tackled a bull with his bare hands, jumped out of airplanes, dove...
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Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
xiv, 290 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"The first and only book to ever be written by a member of America's most secret military unit--an explosive and unlikely story of immigration, service, and sacrifice. Inside our military is a team of operators whose work is so secretive that the name of the unit itself is classified. Highly-trained in warfare, self-defense, infiltration, and deep surveillance, "the Unit," as the Department of Defense has asked us to refer to it, has been responsible...
20) The Green Berets
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Language
English
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Description
They were crack troops skilled in the techniques of unconditional warfare, the soldiers of the Special Forces-- and the focus of Hollywood's first feature film about the Vietnam War.
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