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The US Special Forces
ISBN: 9780199354290
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The US Special Forces (Politics)
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ISBN
9780199354290 (10-digit ISBN: 0199354294)
- Description
- Series Description
- Tackles a fascinating subject of widespread general interest
- Includes short biographies of major figures in the forces along with the history of the the SEALs, Delta Force, the Green Berets, and the USAF's Special Tactics squad
- Outlines the role the forces play in the larger military structure, what trainees go through, and the types of missions they perform
- Written in an easily-accessible Q&A format
The assassination of Osama bin Laden by SEAL Team 6 in May 2011 will certainly figure among the greatest achievements of US Special Forces. After nearly ten years of searching, they descended into his Pakistan compound in the middle of the night, killed him, and secreted the body back into Afghanistan. Interest in these forces had always been high, but it spiked to new levels following this success. There was a larger lesson here too.
The perfect primer for complex current event issues and countries…
Oxford University Press’s What Everyone Needs to Know® (WENTK) series offers a balanced and authoritative primer on complex current event issues and countries, spanning across popular topics and disciplines including Politics, Economics, Sciences, and Religion. WENTKs are written by leading experts in their fields and provide, in a straight-forward question-and-answer format, insight in such a way that students and scholars alike can stay up-to-date on the most important topics leading the discussion today in politics, health, global affairs, and more.
Please note: As this series is not ELT material, these titles are not subject to discount.
The assassination of Osama bin Laden by SEAL Team 6 in May 2011 will certainly figure among the greatest achievements of US Special Forces. After nearly ten years of searching, they descended into his Pakistan compound in the middle of the night, killed him, and secreted the body back into Afghanistan. Interest in these forces had always been high, but it spiked to new levels following this success. There was a larger lesson here too.
- Tackles a fascinating subject of widespread general interest
- Includes short biographies of major figures in the forces along with the history of the the SEALs, Delta Force, the Green Berets, and the USAF's Special Tactics squad
- Outlines the role the forces play in the larger military structure, what trainees go through, and the types of missions they perform
- Written in an easily-accessible Q&A format
Series Description
The perfect primer for complex current event issues and countries…
Oxford University Press’s What Everyone Needs to Know® (WENTK) series offers a balanced and authoritative primer on complex current event issues and countries, spanning across popular topics and disciplines including Politics, Economics, Sciences, and Religion. WENTKs are written by leading experts in their fields and provide, in a straight-forward question-and-answer format, insight in such a way that students and scholars alike can stay up-to-date on the most important topics leading the discussion today in politics, health, global affairs, and more.
Please note: As this series is not ELT material, these titles are not subject to discount.
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