America’s Elite

US Special Forces from the American Revolution to the Present Day

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Description

The definitive illustrated history of American Special Forces, including their training, tactics, weapons and famous missions.

America's Elites 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 in Vietnam, and from demolition missions on D-Day to the SEAL assault on Osama bin Laden's compound in 2011.

Training and selection procedures are explained in detail, and the book also describes some of the technologies that have separated regular soldiers from their Special Forces counterparts.

Illustrated throughout with striking photography and artworks, America's Elites forms the most comprehensive and visually impressive single-volume guide to US Special Forces available.

Table of Contents

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
Conclusion

Glossary
Bibliography and Further Reading
Index

Product details

Published Mar 20 2013
Format Ebook (Epub & Mobi)
Edition 1st
Extent 376
ISBN 9781782003168
Imprint Osprey Publishing
Illustrations 100 b/w; 120 col
Series General Military
Short code GNM
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

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