One hundred victories : special ops and the future of American warfare / Linda Robinson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Robinson, Linda, 1962-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Taliban.

Afghan War, 2001-2021--Campaigns.

Afghan War, 2001-2021.

Afghan War, 2001-2021--Commando operations--United States.

Counterinsurgency--Afghanistan--History--21st century.

Counterinsurgency.

Special operations (Military science)--United States.

Special operations (Military science).

Afghanistan--History, Military--21st century.

Afghanistan.

Afghanistan--Politics and government--2001-2021.

United States--Armed Forces--Afghanistan--History.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (345 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : PublicAffairs, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

One Hundred Victories is a portrait of how?after a decade of intensive combat operations?special operations forces have become the go-to force for US military endeavors worldwide.Linda Robinson follows the evolution of special ops in Afghanistan, their longest deployment since Vietnam. She has lived in mud-walled compounds in the mountains and deserts of insurgent-dominated regions, and uses those experiences to show the gritty reality of the challenges the SOF face and the constant danger in which they operate.She witnessed special operators befriending villagers t

Contents:

Table of Contents; Cast of Characters; Introduction; ""You'll Have to Kill a Lot of Men Like my Father""; Missed Opportunities; 1. Hitting Targets; On the Hunt; Reeder's Epiphany; 2. Into the Villages; The Battle for Buy-In; Miller's New Idea; From Black Ops to Village Ops; 3. The Taliban's Home; ""Who Will Go With Me?""; Maiwand; Summer of Assassinations; 4. Paktika; Chamtu; Catastrophic Success; To Pirkowti Again; 5. On the Border; Oda 3316; FIghting Uphill; Operation Sayaqa; 6. The Burdens of Command; ""Who Is Going to Take the Blame?""; Growing Pains; 7. On the Same Team. . . Or Not

Hugger and Slugger""We're Not Going South, Are We?""; 8. SEALS do Foreign Interneal Defense, Too; SEALS Take Charge; Commandos Raise the Bar; The Fallen; 9. Good Enough?; West Paktika; Aziz Leads; 10. Highway One; Uprising; Expulsion; 11. Will the Valley Hold?; A Band of Brothers; The Last Team; 12. The Endgame; Unity of Command at Last; Whither Local Police?; Afghan Special Ops to the Fore; 13. The Future of Special Operations and American Warfare; Author's Note; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-301) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-61039-150-0

OCLC:

857364765