Research Catalog

Title

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

Author

Robinson, Linda, 1962-

Publication

New York : PublicAffairs, 2013.

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Description

xix, 311 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

Summary

"Based on unique inside access, the author of the New York Times bestseller Masters of Chaos explains how special operations forces are reshaping the U.S. military In One Hundred Victories, acclaimed military expert Linda Robinson shows how the special operations forces are-after a decade of intensive combat operations-evolving to become the go-to force for operations worldwide. Robinson has spent much of the last two years in Afghanistan studying the evolution of special ops in their largest and longest deployment since Vietnam. She has lived in mud-walled compounds in the mountains and deserts of insurgent-dominated regions, and obtained exclusive, sustained access to special ops missions, troops, and commanders. She shows the gritty reality of the challenges they undertake, and the constant danger in which they operate. In Afghanistan, SOF have not only faced a determined foe, but also had run-ins with the CIA, found themselves unsupported by conventional forces, and been under constant shellfire from Pakistanis across the border. Incorporating on-the-ground reporting and interviews with key players inside the national defense community, Robinson shows how the special operations are becoming the future of U.S. military strategy"--

Subject

• Afghan War, 2001-2021 > Campaigns
• Afghan War, 2001-2021 > Commando operations > United States
• Afghanistan > History, Military > 21st century
• Afghanistan > Politics and government > 2001-
• Counterinsurgency > Afghanistan > History > 21st century
• HISTORY / Military / Special Forces
• Since 2000
• Special operations (Military science) > United States
• Taliban
• Taliban
• United States > History. > Afghanistan

Genre/Form

• History
• Military history

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Hitting targets -- Into the villages -- The Taliban's home -- Paktika -- On the border -- The burdens of command -- On the same team, or not -- SEALs do foreign internal defense, too -- Good enough? -- Highway one -- Will the valley hold? -- The endgame -- The future of special operations and American warfare.

ISBN

• 9781610391498 (hardback)
• 1610391497 (hardback)
• 9781610391504 (ebook) (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

^^2013016787

OCLC

852488247

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library