An edition of The Five Fingers (1978)

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An edition of The Five Fingers (1978)

Cinco dedos

1.ª ed.
  • 11 Want to read
  • 3 Currently reading
  • 1 Have read

En abril de 1969 un grupo de hombres escogidos, miembros de las fuerzas especiales de choque, fueron reunidos en la base aérea de Ben Hoa, Vietnam del Sur. Se les encomendó una misión secreta: asesinar a once altos jefes chinos y norvietnamitas, incluyendo al general Giap, legendario comandante de Vietnam del Norte.

El comando recibió un nombre cifrado: cinco dedos. Cinco dedos no contaría con ningún tipo de ayuda. No podría establecer contacto radial con sus superiores, ni debía esperar operaciones de rescate. Quedaría enteramente librado a sus propias fuerzas. Cada uno de los siete era experto en el manejo de armas y explosivos. Todos estaban perfectamente entrenados para matar o morir.

La misión era casi suicida: atravesar solos las selvas de Laos y de Vietnam, penetrar en China, llevar a cabo el golpe y regresar por sus propios medios, a través de cientos de kilómetros de territorio enemigo.

El autor de este libro, que firma con el seudónimo de Gayle Rivers,e ra el miembro más joven del equipo. Su relato, recogido por el periodista James Hudson, es uno de los hechos reales más espeluznantes que puedan conocerse. Una historia de muerte, violencia y crueldad, narrada con un tremendo realismo.

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Publisher
Emecé
Language
Spanish
Pages
328

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Cover of: The Five Fingers
The Five Fingers
1981, Bantam Books
in English
Cover of: The Five Fingers
The Five Fingers
1979, Corgi
in English
Cover of: Cinco dedos
Cinco dedos
1979, Emecé
Tapa blanda in Spanish - 1.ª ed.
Cover of: The Five Fingers
The Five Fingers
1979, Bantam
Mass Market Paperback in English
Cover of: The five fingers
The five fingers
1978, Doubleday
in English - 1st ed.

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Edition Notes

Published in
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Translation Of
The Five Fingers
Translated From
English

The Physical Object

Format
Tapa blanda
Number of pages
328

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL28735328M
ISBN 10
9500405482

Work Description

They were seven men - crack special service operatives. They were to have no military support, no radio contact, nothing to rely on but their expertise in small arms and explosives. There was to be no capture, no surrender. Alone in the steamy jungles of Laos and Vietnam, they knew that once in China they were on their own. There would be no rescue operation... If it's fiction it's unbelievably harrowing. If it's fact it's incredibly terrifying.

"There is more killing here than in a Chicago stockyard... For a look at the soldier in excelsis, The Five Fingers will be hard to beat." -- The New York Times

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