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From Troy to Entebbe; Special Operations in Ancient and Modern Times. John Arquilla

From Troy to Entebbe; Special Operations in Ancient and Modern Times

Lanham, Maryland: University Press of America, Inc., 1996. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Hardcover. xxxi, [1], 360, [8] pages. Includes Preface, Acknowledgments, Introduction, Bibliography, and Index. Topics cover include Origins, Raiding in the Age of Sail, The Early American Tradition, 19th Century Colonial Warfare; The Civil War; World War 1; World War II in Western Europe and North Africa; The Pacific War; Algeria, Round II; and The Ultimate Rescue. John Arquilla (born 1954) is an American analyst and academic of international relations. He received his a Ph.D. in 1991 from Stanford. From 1989 Arquilla also worked as analyst for RAND. In 1993 he joined the faculty of the US Naval Postgraduate School, where he has since taught courses in national security affairs and defense analysis, while keeping his post at RAND till 2003. Arquilla worked as a consultant to General Norman Schwarzkopf during Operation Desert Storm, as part of a group of RAND analysts assigned to him. During the Kosovo War he assisted United States Deputy Secretary of Defense John Hamre on international information strategy. He has developed the concept of netwar, or "swarm-tactics", referring to the particular fighting-style of network-organized groups. Networked cells can share precise information on a need-to-know basis without a hierarchical structure. This gives them the ability to disperse and "swarm" in an extremely effective manner, as witnessed in the 9/11 attacks. Arquilla's arguments for the US to use cyber war as an instrument of conflict prevention in areas such as South Asia, as described in a 2009 Wired article. Arquilla supports preemptive war and NSA wiretapping as antiterrorist methods, More

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Army Budget. Landpower Education Fund Association of the United States Army, Institute of Land...

Army Budget

Arlington, VA: Association of the U.S. Army, 1999. 108, wraps, illus., diagrams, bibliography, glossary, some wear and soiling to covers. More

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Delta Force. Charlie A. Beckwith, Donald Knox

Delta Force

San Diego, CA: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1983. First Edition [stated], presumed first printing. Hardcover. ix, [1], 310 pages. Illustrations. Endpaper maps. Glossary. Index. Black line on bottom edge. DJ has wear, tears, soiling and chips. Harcourt Author biography press release laid in. Harcourt press release review laid in. Charles Alvin "Charlie" Beckwith (January 22, 1929 – June 13, 1994) was a career U.S. Army Special Forces officer best remembered for creating Delta Force, the premier asymmetrical warfare unit of the U.S. Army. He served in the Malayan Emergency and the Vietnam War, and attained the rank of colonel before his retirement. As the 7th SFG(A) operations officer, Beckwith went to work revolutionizing Green Beret training. Beckwith recognized that, "Before a Special Forces Green Beret soldier could become a good unconventional soldier, he'd first have to be a good conventional one." Beckwith restructured 7th's training, basically rewriting the book on Army special operations training from the real-world lessons he had learned with the SAS. Beckwith also had learned that a symbol of excellence like a beret had to be earned. Donald Knox (1936–1986), an award-winning television producer and director, was the author of several books on military history, including The Korean War and Death March. Donald Knox (1936–1986), an award-winning television producer and director, was the author of several books on military history, including The Korean War and Death March. More

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Man Hunt; The Ten-Year Search for Bin Laden, From 9/11 to Abbottabad. Peter L. Bergen

Man Hunt; The Ten-Year Search for Bin Laden, From 9/11 to Abbottabad

New York, N.Y. Crown Publishers, 2012. First Edition [Stated], First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. xxi, [1], 359, [3] pages. This copy is inscribed by the author, Peter L. Bergen, on the title page. Inscription reads: May 7, 2012 To Bob and Annette, with thanks for your daughter who is the world's smartest and toughest (in a good way), editor. Peter Bergen. Includes 3 full page b/w maps (one on Afghanistan & Pakistan; one on bin Laden's movements from Sept. 11, 2001, to Abottabad; and one on U.S. Navy SEAL raid on Abbottabad). Has a note about this book, Prologue: A Comfortable Retirement; Bibliography, Notes, Acknowledgments, and an Index. Chapters cover 9/11 and After; Tora Bora; Al-Qaeda in the Wilderness; The Resurgence of Al-Qaeda; A Working Theory of the Case; Closing In on the Courier; Obama at War; Anatomy of a Lead; The Last Years of Osama bin Laden; The Secret Warriors; Curses of Actin; The Decision; Don't Turn On the Light; Aftermath; and Epilogue: The Twilight of Al-Qaeda. Contains riveting new details of bin Laden's flight to Tora Bora, where American forces came close to capturing him, and of the fugitive leader's attempts to find a secure hiding place. As the only journalist to gain access to bin Laden's Abbottabad compound before the Pakistani government demolished it, Bergen paints a vivid picture of bin Laden's life in hiding and his struggle to maintain control of al-Quaeda even as America systematically picked off his lieutenants. Based on exhaustive research and unprecedented access to White House officials, CIA analysts, Pakistani intelligence, and the military, this is the definitive account of ten years in pursuit of bin Laden. More

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