An edition of Hammerhead Six (2016)

Hammerhead Six

how Green Berets waged an unconventional war against the Taliban to win in Afghanistan's deadly Pech Valley

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An edition of Hammerhead Six (2016)

Hammerhead Six

how Green Berets waged an unconventional war against the Taliban to win in Afghanistan's deadly Pech Valley

First edition.
  • 1 Want to read

"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 invaders. Soon after their deployment ended, the Pech Valley reverted to turmoil. Their success was never replicated. Hammerhead Six finally reveals how cultural respect, hard work (and the occasional machine-gun burst) were more than a match for the Taliban and Al Qaeda, "--Amazon.com.

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Language
English
Pages
382

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Table of Contents

Part I. Fall 2003
1. Into the gray
2. The fort
3. A war of all against all
4. Hunter's moon
5. A baited ambush
6. Hammer and anvil
7. Odysseus redux
8. The experiment
Part II. Winter 2003-2004
9. The neighborhood
10. A captain's first duty
11. Commander's intent
12. Culture clashes
13. The prisoner
14. The decider
15. Ghost tracks
16. Lost in translation
17. The uprising
18. Fireworks
Part III. Spring 2004
19. A tale of two mullahs
20. Eye for an eye
21. High noon
22. The waiting game
23. The unforgivable
24. A shared struggle
25. Nanawatay.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (pages 371-375) and index.

Other Titles
How Green Berets waged an unconventional war against the Taliban to win in Afghanistan's deadly Pech Valley, Hammerhead 6

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
958.104/742, B
Library of Congress
DS371.43.F79 A3 2016, DS371.43.F79A3 2016

The Physical Object

Pagination
xvi, 382 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
Number of pages
382

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL27198543M
Internet Archive
hammerheadsixhow0000fryr
ISBN 10
0316341436
ISBN 13
9780316341431
LCCN
2015039423
OCLC/WorldCat
987688087, 933737904

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