Warrior Elite 31 Heroic Special-Ops Missions from the Raid on Son Tay to the Killing of Osama bin Laden

by Cawthorne, Nigel

• ISBN13: 9781569759301
• ISBN10: 1569759308
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-07-12
• Publisher: Ulysses Press

Summary

Highly trained and equipped to kill, special-ops forces courageously take on the world's most dangerous missions. Warrior Elite zeroes in on the most lethal special-ops encounters of all time.

Author Biography

Nigel Cawthorne is the author of Serial Killers and Mass Murderers, as well as numerous other books. His writing has appeared in more than 150 newspapers and magazines, including the Financial Times, Sun, Flatbush Life, and The New York Tribune. He lives in London, UK.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 7
Raid on Son Tay	p. 11
Special Operations at Sea	p. 21
The Munich Olympics	p. 36
The Mayaguez Incident	p. 44
Raid on Entebbe	p. 52
Operation Eagle Claw	p. 60
Iranian Embassy Siege, London	p. 66
MIA Rescue Mission	p. 71
The FalklandsWar	p. 84
Operation Urgent Fury	p. 95
Achille Lauro	p. 100
Operation Just Cause	p. 106
Somalia	p. 111
Desert Shield and Desert Storm	p. 115
Black Hawk Down	p. 139
Battle of Qala-i-Jangi	p. 157
Battle ofTora Bora	p. 187
Operation Anaconda	p. 196
Operation Iraqi Freedom	p. 210
Battle of Debecka Pass	p. 230
Pack of Cards	p. 238
Rescue of Jessica Lynch	p. 250
Capture of Saddam Hussein	p. 254
Hostage Rescue Iraq	p. 259
Operation Redwing	p. 267
Task Force 88	p. 276
Decapitating the Taliban and al-Qaeda	p. 284
Rescue from Somali Pirates	p. 291
Operation Celestial Balance	p. 295
Haiti Earthquake	p. 299
Killing of Osama bin Laden	p. 305
Glossary	p. 315
About the Author	p. 320
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