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100 1 $aIsby, David C.
245 10 $aLeave no man behind :$bliberation and capture missions /$cDavid C. Isby.
260 $aLondon :$bWeidenfeld & Nicolson,$c2004.
300 $a416 pages, [16] pages of plates :$billustrations, maps ;$c24 cm
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504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aIntroduction -- Los Banos, the Philippines, 23 February 1945 -- Sukchon-Sunchon, North Korea, 20-22 October 1950 -- Son Tay, North Vietnam, 21 November 1970 -- The Mayaguez Incident, Koh Tang, Cambodia, 15 May 1975 -- Iran, 24-25 April 1980 -- Grenada, 25-26 October 1983 -- Panama, 20 December 1989 -- Mogadishu, Somalia, 3-4 October 1993 -- Afghanistan: Kandahar and Objective Rhino, 19 October 2001 -- Iraq: Nasiriya, 2 April 2003; Mosul, 22 July 2003; Ad Dawr, 13 December 2003 -- Lessons and the Future.
520 $aIf the big wars of the 20th century were about saving civilization and countries, small wars are about saving people. Instead of defeating Hitler, they are concerned with the capture of international pariahs like Osama bin Laden, Saddam Hussein, Radovan Karadic or Colonel Aideed. The capture of such people and the rescue of hostages or prisoners-of-war: this is the two-fold mission of the US Army's Special Forces, the 'Green Berets'. David Isby investigates their most famous missions from POW rescues at the end of the Second World War to the rescue of PFC Jessica Lynch from the Iraqi secret police in 2003. LEAVE NO MAN BEHIND is a collection of vivid battle narratives, but it does more than tell dramatic war stories. Based on the latest evidence released under the Freedom of Information Act, it reveals why some missions were such great successes while others turned to tragedy. It compares them to other rescue operations, e.g. the British Army's recent action in Sierra Leone and questions how an increasingly 'zero defect, no tolerance for risks' US military can continue to carry out such perilous operations. As the author observes, raids and rescues will be more typical of warfare in the 21st century, so it is vital to understand the successes and failures of the Green Berets.
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610 24 $aUnited States. Army. Special Forces -- History. United States. Army -- Search and rescue operations -- History.
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