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000338120 1001_ $$aGeraghty, Tony.
000338120 24510 $$aBlack ops :$$bthe rise of special forces in the C.I.A, the S.A.S, and Mossad /$$cTony Geraghty.
000338120 250__ $$a1st Pegasus Books cloth ed.
000338120 260__ $$aNew York :$$bPegasus Books :$$bDistributed by W.W. Norton,$$c2010.
000338120 300__ $$axlix, 440 p., [8] p. of plates :$$bill. ;$$c24 cm.
000338120 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
000338120 5050_ $$aThe president's dilemma -- Delta, Desert One, and "the activity" -- Blood, oil, and dollars -- Cloak-and-dagger dons the green beret -- Plausibly deniable (and other ways into trouble) -- Joseph's coat of many disruptive patterns -- Big boys' games, big boys' rules -- A nimble, precise strategy -- Appendices. The McChrystal report on Afghanistan ; Afghanistan's narco war: breaking the link between drug traffickers and insurgents ; Tora Bora revisited: how we failed to get bin Laden and why it matters today.
000338120 520__ $$aAfter eight challenging years in Afghanistan, the new U.S. strategy, aimed at winning hearts and minds rather than search-and-destroy, refocuses the conflict on Special Forces: unorthodox soldiers who work outside of traditional military forces to combine secret military operations with nation building. Tony Geraghty, an expert author in this field for almost thirty years, unveils the evolution of this refined style of war-making from its roots in anti-guerrilla warfare in Ireland and Palestine, by way of the creation of the CIA, the SAS, the Green Berets, America's Office of Strategic Services (OSS), and many others. Israel's Special Forces, including Mossad, are an organic part of the same coherent history, and their story is narrated here for the first time. This is more than a tale of derring-do, it is a sweeping examination of Black Ops at a time when they represent the future of an open-ended global war against terrorism.--From publisher description.
000338120 61010 $$aUnited States.$$bCentral Intelligence Agency.
000338120 61010 $$aGreat Britain.$$bArmy.$$bSpecial Air Service.
000338120 61010 $$aIsrael.$$bMosad le-modiʻin ṿe-tafḳidim meyuḥadim.
000338120 650_0 $$aIntelligence service$$xHistory.
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