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Author:

Urban, Mark, 1961-

Title:

Task Force Black : the explosive true story of the secret special forces war in Iraq / Mark Urban.

Edition:

1st U.S. ed.

Publisher:

St. Martin's Press,

Copyright Date:

2011, c2010

Description:

xviii, 299 p., [16] p. of plates : col. ill., maps ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Great Britain.--Special Air Service--Special Air Service--History--Iraq War, 2003-
Iraq War, 2003-2011--Commando operations.
Special operations (Military science)--Iraq.

Notes:

Original edition has subtitle: the explosive true story of the SAS and the secret war in Iraq. Originally published: London : Little, Brown, 2010. Includes index.

Contents:

Mission paradoxical -- Into the blood -- The soldier-monk -- Building networks -- Target Aqi -- The Jamiat -- Beyond Black -- The Kember outcome -- Operation Larchwood 4 -- Endgame for Zarqawi -- The battle for Baghdad -- The awakening -- Choosing victory -- The coming storm with Iran -- America's surge -- The Khazali mission -- Al-Qaeda's surge -- The tide turns -- The V word.

Summary:

Chronicles the sustained special operations campaign under Major-General Stan McChrystal, describing how when American and British forces discovered an insurgency rather than weapons of mass destruction in Iraq they worked in secret to halt terrorist activities.

ISBN:

0312541279
9780312541279

OCLC:

(OCoLC)682894324

LCCN:

2011004406

Locations:

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

44SX715 -- South O'Brien Community School (Paullina)