Hammerhead Six
How Green Berets Waged an Unconventional War Against the Taliban to Win in Afghanistan's Deadly Pech Valley
Two years before the action in Lone Survivor, a Green Berets A Team conducted a very different, successful mission in Afghanistan's notorious Pech Valley. Led by Captain Ronald Fry, the Hammerhead Six mission applied the principles of unconventional warfare to win hearts and minds and fight against the terrorist insurgency. In 2003, the Special Forces soldiers entered an area later called the most dangerous place in Afghanistan. Here, where the line between civilians and armed zealots was indistinct, they illustrated the Afghan proverb: I destroy my enemy by making him my friend. Fry recounts how they were seen as welcome guests rather than i…
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Weitere Autoren: Tuleja, Tad
- ISBN: 978-0-316-34144-8
- EAN: 9780316341448
- Produktnummer: 20005566
- Verlag: Little, Brown & Company
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2017
- Seitenangabe: 256 S.
- Masse: H20.4 cm x B13.2 cm x D2.8 cm 328 g
- Abbildungen: 8pp b/w photo insert
- Gewicht: 328
- Sonstiges: General (US: Trade)
Über den Autor
A third-generation veteran, US Army Captain Ronald Fry served in the 82nd Airborne Division and as a Special Forces team leader in Afghanistan. He has completed the military's Survival School and the Ranger, Pathfinder, Jumpmaster, and Combat Diver trainings. Fry lives with his wife and five children near San Jose and works in sales management. Tad Tuleja, author of 32 books, has taught courses on war and conflict at Harvard, Princeton, Oklahoma, and American University.
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