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02732aam a22004818i 4500 001 804EE8A8B8FF11E5951DB6E5DAD10320 003 SILO 005 20160112010633 008 151106s2016 nyu b 000 0 eng 010 $a 2015039423 020 $a 0316341436 020 $a 9780316341431 (hardcover) 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a a-af--- $a a-af--- 050 00 $a DS371.43.F79 $b A3 2016 082 00 $a B $a B $2 23 100 1 $a Fry, Ronald, $d 1972- $e author. 245 10 $a Hammerhead Six : $b the story of the first special forces "A" Camp in Afghanistan's violent Pech Valley / Ronald Fry. / $c Ronald Fry, with Tad Tuleja. 246 30 $a Story of the first special forces "A" Camp in Afghanistan's violent Pech Valley 263 $a 1601 264 1 $a New York : $b Hachette Books, $c [2016] 300 $a 382 p. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references. 520 $a Two years before the action in Lone Survivor, a Green Berets A Team conducted a very different, successful mission in Afghanistan's notorious Pech Valley. Led by Captain Ronald Fry, Hammerhead Six applied the principles of unconventional warfare to "win hearts and minds" and fight against the terrorist insurgency. 520 $a In 2003, the Special Forces soldiers entered an area later called "the most dangerous place in Afghanistan." Here, where the line between civilians and armed zealots was indistinct, they illustrated the Afghan proverb: "I destroy my enemy by making him my friend." Fry recounts how they were seen as welcome guests rather than invaders. Soon after their deployment ended, the Pech Valley reverted to turmoil. Their success was never replicated. Hammerhead Six finally reveals how cultural respect, hard work (and the occasional machine-gun burst) were more than a match for the Taliban and Al Qaeda. 600 10 $a Fry, Ronald, $d 1972- 610 10 $a United States. $b Special Forces $b Special Forces $v Biography. 650 0 $a Afghan War, 2001 $x Campaigns $z Kunar. $z Kunar. 650 0 $a Counterinsurgency $z Kunar. $z Kunar. 650 0 $a Afghan War, 2001- $x Commando operations $z United States. 610 10 $a United States. $b Special Forces $b Special Forces $x History $y 21st century. 650 0 $a Afghan War, 2001- $v Personal narratives, American 700 1 $a Tuleja, Tad, $d 1944- $e author. 941 $a 7 952 $l XUPC157 $d 20201105010746.0 952 $l ZXPC675 $d 20180117075703.0 952 $l YAPC771 $d 20170817011224.0 952 $l VBPC034 $d 20161007092910.0 952 $l GBPF771 $d 20160504042819.0 952 $l YTPG232 $d 20160323015518.0 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20160216010404.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=804EE8A8B8FF11E5951DB6E5DAD10320Initiate Another SILO Locator Search