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Manufacturer: Osprey Publishing
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Intelligence specialist Leigh Neville identifies, describes and illustrates the Special Operations Forces (SOF) of the US and other Allied (Coalition) forces committed to war in Iraq since 2003, providing a fascinating insight into specific operations, detailing weapons, equipment and experiences in combat. With a surprising amount of recently declassified material from government departments that are yet to be published in the mass media, this is a ground-breaking analysis of the largest mobilization of Special Forces in recent history.

With extensive first-hand accounts providing an eyewitness perspective of the fighting on the ground and including information on the US Delta Force, the British SAS, Australian and Canadian special forces as well as CIA and MI6 operational units this book provides a crucial study of their skills and success in Iraq from the Battle of Debecka to storming the safe house of Uday Hussein. In a controversial war that has been plagued by high fatalities and military blunders, this book highlights the successes enjoyed by Special Forces operatives. This book serves as a companion volume to Elite 163: Special Forces Operations: Afghanistan.


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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 956.704434
EAN: 9781846033575
ISBN: 1846033578
Label: Osprey Publishing
Manufacturer: Osprey Publishing
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 64
Publication Date: 2008-11-18
Publisher: Osprey Publishing
Release Date: 2008-11-18
Studio: Osprey Publishing


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Customer Rating:
Summary: Good book, but it's limited by the nature of it's subject matter.
Comment: There's only so much you can write in an Osprey covering current SF ops in Iraq because of the fact that OPSEC isn't going to allow you to write everything. But, within those constraints, Mr. Neville has done a good job and has given a small view on a very quiet community that is rarely in the news.

Customer Rating:
Summary: good for a short summary
Comment: Considering this is about a 50 page, small format book I think it does a good job of covering SOF in Iraq. It covers a variety of topics in short summary. I was a little surprised at the amount of B & W photos however. I own a number of books on this subject and there were quite a few new photos which was good to see. I also own several other Osprey books and this is typical of what they put out in terms of quality and information. I have to commend the author as he seems to have been one of the few people to explain the letter / number combinations ('zap' numbers or patch) found on the shoulders of many Delta operators. I personally feel the large hard cover books by Eric Micheletti from Historie & Collections on SOF in the Middle East are better.

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