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Task Force Black : the explosive true story of the secret special forces war in Iraq Cover Image Book Book

Task Force Black : the explosive true story of the secret special forces war in Iraq / Mark Urban.

Urban, Mark, 1961- (Author).

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  • ISBN: 9780312541279
  • ISBN: 0312541279
  • Physical Description: xviii, 299 p., [16] p. of plates : col. ill., maps ; 25 cm.
  • Edition: 1st U.S. ed.
  • Publisher: New York : St. Martin's Press, c2010.

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General Note:
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.
Formatted Contents Note:
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.

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Subject: When American and British forces invaded Iraq in March 2003, select teams of special forces and intelligence operatives got to work looking for the WMD their governments had promised were there. They quickly realized no such weapons existed. Instead they faced an insurgency--a soaring spiral of extremism and violence that was almost impossible to understand, let alone reverse. Facing defeat, the Coalition waged a hidden war within a war. Major-General Stan McChrystal devised a campaign fusing special forces, aircraft, and the latest surveillance technology with the aim of taking down the enemy faster than it could regenerate. Guided by intelligence, British and American special forces conducted a relentless onslaught, night after night targeting al-Qaeda and other insurgent groups.
Great Britain. Army. Special Air Service > History > Iraq War, 2003-
Great Britain. Army. Special Air Service.
Iraq War (2003-2011)
Iraq War, 2003-2011 > Commando operations.
Special operations (Military science) > Iraq.
Iraq.
Genre: History.

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300 . ‡axviii, 299 p., [16] p. of plates : ‡bcol. ill., maps ; ‡c25 cm.
500 . ‡aOriginal edition has subtitle: the explosive true story of the SAS and the secret war in Iraq.
500 . ‡aOriginally published: London : Little, Brown, 2010.
500 . ‡aIncludes index.
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