Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #682251 in Books
• Published on: 2006-05-30
• Released on: 2006-05-30
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 288 pages

Customer Reviews

US Special Forces laid bare
American Special Forces at their best, almost (they had an officer problem). This is essentially the story around the incident early in the 2003 invasion of Iraq in which a BBC News crew and several Kurdish fighters were killed and injured by a misdirected bomb dropped from a Navy F14 which was covered intensively by the world's media at the time. As usual of course, the reality differs somewhat from those reports. The book gives much needed enlightenment into the seemingly complex world of US Special Forces and amply demonstrates the magnificent quality of the men involved. Great read, highly recommended.

Not bad...
Anyone more used to reading books by ex SAS soldiers might be somewhat disappointed by this. There is nothing about how these American 'special forces' get that title, nothing to suggest they are 'special' in any way. This might as well be any other American unit. The Author assumes we all know about American Green Berets, and i for one have no idea how they differ from say, the Rangers.
Anyway, that aside, the book starts slowly, and the author feels the need to drum into us just how great the unit performed. I don't just mean a few pats on the back, but he makes it very clear that this was some huge amazing feat that no-one else in the world would have survived. I found this annoying, but stuck with it, and eventually you get down to the action, and its not bad from there.
Its interesting to see how these guys operate differently from UK troops (there seems to be alot of fight picking!) and theres some very good advertising for the makers of Javelin anti tank missiles!
All in all - not bad.