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No ordinary men : special operations forces missions in Afghanistan / Colonel Bernd Horn ; foreword by General T.J. Lawson.

Title
No ordinary men : special operations forces missions in Afghanistan / Colonel Bernd Horn ; foreword by General T.J. Lawson.
Author
Horn, Bernd, 1959-
Publication
Toronto, Ontario, Canada : Dundurn, [2016]

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284 pages; 23 cm
Summary
"In 2001, the Candian government sent elements of its Joint Task Force 2 counterterrorist unit to Afghanistan to assist the Americans with Operation Enduring Freedom and the global war on terror. Withdrawn a year later, after a brief hiatus JTF2 returned to Afghanistan in 2005, beginning a continuous tour of duty for Canadian Special Operation Forces (CANSOF) up to the cessation of Canadian combat operations in 2011. This book reveals six untold special operations that CANSOF personnel undertook in their desperate struggle in the shadows to capture or kill Taliban leaders, facilitators, as well as efforts to mentor Afghan National Security Forces from 2005 to 2011."--Back cover.
Subject
  • Afghan War (2001-)
  • Afghan War, 2001-2021 > Participation, Canadian
  • Canada
  • Canada. Force opérationnelle interarmées, Deuxième
  • Canada. Joint Task Force 2
  • Military campaigns
  • Military participation > Canadian
  • Since 2001
  • Special forces (Military science)
  • Special forces (Military science) > Canada
  • Special operations (Military science) > Afghanistan
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Foreword / T. J. Lawson -- Introduction -- 1. The Canadian SOF legacy -- 2. Looking for trouble: penetrating the De Lam Ghar Taliban sanctuary, September 2005 -- 3. Never say die: into the jaws of death at Chenartu -- 4. Where no men dare travel: penetrating the Bhagran Valley -- 5. No room for error: desperate fight for survival in Tarin Kowt -- 6. When the thinder comes: the invisible hand of SDF shaping the battlefield -- 7. Chaos at Kandahar: the battle for Building 4.
ISBN
  • 9781459724105
  • 1459724100
OCLC
888466059
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library