عنوان
پدید آورنده
موضوع
رده
UA 23 .M425 2013
UA
23
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M425
2013
کتابخانه
محل استقرار
INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
(Number (ISBN
1780962843 (hbk)
(Number (ISBN
9781780962849 (hbk)
NATIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHY NUMBER
Number
b421609
TITLE AND STATEMENT OF RESPONSIBILITY
Title Proper
America's Elite :
General Material Designation
[Book]
Other Title Information
U.S. Special Forces from the American Revolution to the Present Day /
First Statement of Responsibility
Chris McNab.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
376 pages :
Other Physical Details
illustrations (some color), color maps, portraits ;
Dimensions
25 cm
GENERAL NOTES
Text of Note
Reprint. Originally published: 2012.
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 363-365) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
Text of Note
Introduction -- Colonial and Civil War Warriors -- Elite Troops of World War II -- Vietnam and Cold War Special Forces -- Post-Vietnam Special Operations Forces 1975-2000 -- New Wars .
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
Text of Note
"America's Elite tells the complete story of how the US Army, Navy, and Air Force has developed and used elite soldiers from the 18th century to the present day. It studies the development and history of Special Forces operatives from Rogers' Rangers and early sharpshooters to Marine Force Recon and the Navy SEALs. Editor Chris McNab takes the reader through some of the most dramatic Special Forces operations in US history, from sniping British commanders during the Revolutionary War, to riverine incursions in the Mekong Delta, and from the famous Cabanatuan prison raid to the Rangers' "Blackhawk Down" battle in Mogadishu in 1993, right up to the dramatic SEAL assault on bin Laden's compound in 2011. McNab explains the training and selection procedures that are in place for America's elite Special Forces units and describes some of the technology and equipment which separate regular soldiers from their Special Forces counterparts. Illustrated throughout with striking photography and artworks, America's Elite forms the most comprehensive and visually impressive single-volume guide to US Special Forces available."--Book Jacket.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Special forces (Military science)-- United States.
GEOGRAPHICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
United States, History, Military.
United States, History, Naval.
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DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION
Number
356/
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160973
Edition
23
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CLASSIFICATION
Class number
UA
23
Book number
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M425
2013
PERSONAL NAME - PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY
McNab, Chris,1970-
ORIGINATING SOURCE
Date of Transaction
20131205083532.0
Cataloguing Rules (Descriptive Conventions))
rda
ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS
Electronic name
مطالعه متن کتاب [Book]
Y
