Task Force Black : the explosive true story of the secret special forces war in Iraq / Mark Urban.
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TextPublication details: New York : St. Martin's Press, 2011, ©2010.Edition: 1st U.S. edDescription: xviii, 299 pages, [16] pages of plates : color illustrations, maps ; 25 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780312541279
- 0312541279
- Great Britain. Army. Special Air Service -- History -- Iraq War, 2003-
- Iraq War, 2003-2011 -- Commando operations
- Special operations (Military science) -- Iraq
- Great Britain. Army. Special Air Service
- Iraq War (2003-2011)
- Commando troops
- Special operations (Military science)
- Iraq
- Great Britain. Army. Special Air Service -- History
- Iraq War, 2003
- Military art and science -- Iraq
- 2003 - 2011
- 956.7044/38 22
- DS79.765.G7 U73 2010b
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Original edition has subtitle: the explosive true story of the SAS and the secret war in Iraq.
Originally published: London : Little, Brown, 2010.
Includes index.
Mission paradoxical -- Into the blood -- The soldier-monk -- Building networks -- Target Aqi -- The Jamiat -- Beyond Black -- The Kember outcome -- Operation Larchwood 4 -- Endgame for Zarqawi -- The battle for Baghdad -- The awakening -- Choosing victory -- The coming storm with Iran -- America's surge -- The Khazali mission -- Al-Qaeda's surge -- The tide turns -- The V word.
Chronicles the sustained special operations campaign under Major-General Stan McChrystal, describing how when American and British forces discovered an insurgency rather than weapons of mass destruction in Iraq they worked in secret to halt terrorist activities.
NonFiction , gift