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Kill Bin Laden : a Delta Force Commander's account of the hunt for the world's most wanted man / Dalton Fury.
Van Pelt Library DS371.4123.T67 F87 2008
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Fury, Dalton.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States. Army. Delta Force.
- Tora Bora, Battle of, Afghanistan, 2001.
- Bin Laden, Osama, 1957-2011.
- Bin Laden, Osama.
- United States. Army. Delta Force--History.
- United States.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xxvi, 320 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : St. Martin's Press, 2008.
- Summary:
- The mission was to kill the most wanted man in the world--a mission requiring the best America had to offer: roughly forty members of America's super-secret counterterrorist unit, an élite and mysterious unit known as Delta Force. And these Delta warriors had the best help they could ask for: the CIA, a dozen of the British Queen's elite commandos, and another dozen or so Army Green Berets. This team waged a modern-day siege of epic proportions against bin Laden and his seemingly impenetrable cave sanctuary, deep inside the Spin Ghar Mountain range. Over the years since the battle, news stories have surfaced offering tidbits of information about what actually happened in the caves of Tora Bora, most of it conjecture and speculation. This is the first firsthand account of this battle, and an inside look at the extraordinary nature of Delta Force and how they operate.--From publisher description.
- Contents:
- Key Characters xv
- 1 Unfinished Business 1
- 2 Welcome to Delta 29
- 3 Nine-Eleven 56
- 4 Molon Labe 61
- 5 Running Guns 87
- 6 Green Eyes 105
- 7 Leaders' Recon 123
- 8 We Must Attack 137
- 9 The Daisy Cutter 149
- 10 The Decisive Point 163
- 11 Men and Mission 179
- 12 Press the Attack 194
- 13 The Surrender 210
- 14 Bomb Like There Is No Tomorrow 228
- 15 A Strange Kind of War 246
- 16 Victory Declared ... Bin Laden Status Unknown 262
- 17 The Years Since 280
- 18 Former Unit Member 295.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780312384395
- 0312384394
- OCLC:
- 213300987
- Online:
- Contributor biographical information
- Publisher description
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