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Author Name: Mike Ryan
Title: THE OPERATORS INSIDE THE WORLD'S SPECIAL FORCES
Binding: Paperback Type: BOOK Publisher: SKYHORSE ISBN Number: 1602392153 / 9781602392151
Seller ID: 2254236
The full stories of famous special forces units like the SAS, Delta Force, & the French Foreign Legion. Soldiers from all over the world talk candidly about the hunt for Osama bin Laden, the overthrow of Saddam Hussein, & operations in the Balkans, Somalia, & Sierra Leone. 240 color photos; 7x10 inches, 224 pages.
'Journalist and soldier Mike Ryan's access to restricted information is at the heart of this extraordinary look into the world of special forces and their tactics, training, and protocols. Ryan's web of military contacts in the U.S. and Europe allows him to tell the full stories of famous special forces units (like the SAS, Delta Force, and the French Foreign Legion), to discuss their role today on an ever-changing battlefield, and to ponder their increasing use as political enforcers. Soldiers from all over the world talk candidly about the hunt for Osama bin Laden, the overthrow of Saddam Hussein, and operations in the Balkans, Somalia, and Sierra Leone. Every entry on a unit, tactic, or weapon is backed up with photographs of it in action, as well as testimony from operators in the field and a full analysis of its combat effectiveness.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: MIKE RYAN is the author of Baghdad or Bust and Special Operations in Iraq, two of the most reliable accounts of the Iraq War.
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